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Ariake Sea Fireworks

有明海花火

Ariake Sea Fireworks is a fireworks festival held in Kyushu. Date: Late August, Sunday — the 20th edition confirmed on Aug 25, 2018 (7,000 shells, 1,500 m five-colour Niagara); the 2026 date is unconfirmed. Total shells: about 7000. Attendance: 11万人（2018年の例年の人出。出典は「観覧者数が10万人を超え…」と説明）. No. Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass)

Event essentials

Headline stats

Total Shells
7000
Duration
Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass) min
Nights
1 night(s)
Attendance
11万人（2018年の例年の人出。出典は「観覧者数が10万人を超え…」と説明）
Largest Shell
Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass)
Founding Year
Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass)

Signature Sequences

  1. 01a varied display including 2-shaku shells
  2. 02the Niagara firework (a 2,000 m 'Sky Niagara Yanagawa Special' in 2018)
  3. 03yatai stalls and local produce shops around the venue
  4. 04a part of the venue with a barbecue viewing space

Venue & Access

Time Window
19:30-20:30
Venue
366 Otsubo, Yamato-cho, Yanagawa City, Fukuoka (Yanagawa Arie regional tourism-produce park and Yanagawa civic ground area)
Address
Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass) 33.166912°N, 130.407852°E
Venue Size
Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-23 pass) - the Yanagawa City page and the Chikugo Seven Countries tourism page give the venue address and the shell count but no fire-line length; the only published dimension is the 1,500 m width of the five-colour Niagara fireworks.
Venue Floor Type
Open ground on the Yanagawa school farm - the final edition was fired on the grounds of the Yanagawa schoolchildren's farm (柳川市学童農園「むつごろうランド」, 389 Hashimoto-cho) with the viewing and barbecue space on the site and the civic ground on its east side, so the ground is flat open field and parking apron rather than a built stand.
Gates Open
15:00 (traffic control and shuttle services begin)
Paid-Seat Holder Entry
Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass)
Spectator Capacity
Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass)
Launch Company
柳川むつごろう会 / 西鉄グループ / 柳川市花火実行委員会
Production Company
Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass)
Sponsor
Yanagawa Mutsugoro-kai (operator of Mutsugoro Land) and the Ariake Kai-hanabi Festa executive committee (2018 contact 070-7611-8327)

Access

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From major cities

From Tokyo
Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass)
From Osaka
Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass)
From Sendai
Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass)
Nearest Station
Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass)
Nearest Shinkansen
Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass)
Local Transit
Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass)
Parking
four free car parks totalling about 1,800 cars (Yanagawa City Office about 500, Yanagawa civic ground about 500, the Yanagawa Arie tourism-produce park about 300, the Nagata hospital site about 500) plus three paid car parks totalling about 2,400 cars (JPY 500 per day)
Parking Reservation
Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass)
Lodging Strategy
Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass)
English Access
Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass)
Cash Required
Cash or a reservation is needed only for the paid car parks (JPY 500 per day) and the BBQ seats; viewing itself is free
Best Arrival
The 15:00 hour, before traffic control and the shuttle buses start
Peak Crowd
The 19:30-20:30 firing window; traffic control around the venue starts at 15:00

Tickets

Weather Policy

Rain
Postponed in stormy weather (in 2018 to Sunday 2 September)
Decision Time
Decided on the day of the display - the 2018 Yanagawa City fireworks page states that the final edition was postponed from 26 August to 2 September 2018 in bad weather, so the go/no-go call comes on the event day rather than in advance.
Postponement
Stormy weather meant a postponement to Sunday 2 September 2018; after 2019 the series had ended, so no postponement date applies
Wind Threshold
Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass)
Typical Risks
Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass)
Weather Cancellation History
Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass)

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