Ayu Festival Hanabi Taikai
鮎まつり花火大会
Ayu Festival Hanabi Taikai is a fireworks festival held in Kanto. Date: Two days on the first Saturday of August (2 and 3 August 2025). The 2026 edition was held on 10 and 11 October.. Total shells: about 約10,000. Attendance: 50万人以上. No. 80回 (2026年、10月開催)
Event essentials
Headline stats
- Total Shells
- 約10,000
- Duration
- 70 min
- Nights
- 1 night(s)
- Attendance
- 50万人以上
- Largest Shell
- Large Niagara shell (the finale)
- Founding Year
- Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass)
Signature Sequences
Venue & Access
- Time Window
- 19:00-20:10 (the 2025 record; the fireworks are held on the first evening)
- Venue
- Sagami River riverbed at the three-river confluence of the Sagami, Nakatsu and Kanawa rivers, Atsugi City, Kanagawa Prefecture
- Address
- Sagami River three-river confluence, Atsugi City, Kanagawa Prefecture (Onagawa to Shimo Kawairi)
- Venue Size
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- Venue Floor Type
- A wide riverbed at the three-river confluence. The viewing ground is close to the launch point.
- Gates Open
- Not published (the sources give no gate time)
- Paid-Seat Holder Entry
- Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass)
- Spectator Capacity
- Not published (the sources give no capacity for the riverbed)
- Production Company
- Not published (the Atsugi City Tourism Association page names no pyrotechnics company)
- Sponsor
- Atsugi Ayu Festival executive committee. Contact the Atsugi City Commerce and Tourism Division on 046-225-2820 or the Atsugi City Tourism Association.
Access
From major cities
- From Tokyo
- Take the JR Yokohama line or the Odakyu Line to Hon-Atsugi Station. The main festival ground is around the station.
- From Osaka
- Take the Tokaido Shinkansen and the Sotetsu Line to Ebina Station, then the Odakyu Line to Hon-Atsugi Station.
- From Sendai
- Take the Tohoku Shinkansen via Omiya and Tokyo, then the Shonan-Shinjuku Line to Hon-Atsugi Station.
- Nearest Station
- Hon-Atsugi Station (Odakyu, Sotetsu, JR Sagami and Nambu lines). The fireworks venue is at the Sagami River three-river confluence and the sources do not describe the public transport for it.
- Nearest Shinkansen
- Hon-Atsugi Station (Shonan-Shinjuku Line, Odakyu and Sotetsu). The nearest Shinkansen station is Ofuna, the next stop.
- Local Transit
- The tourism association presents the area around Hon-Atsugi Station as the main festival ground. The fireworks are at the three-river confluence of the Sagami River, reached on foot or by bus.
- Parking
- Not published (the Atsugi City Tourism Association gives no car park capacity or list)
- Parking Reservation
- Not published (the sources do not describe a parking reservation)
- Lodging Strategy
- Stay in the Hon-Atsugi, Ebina or central Atsugi area so the main programme is within walking distance. The fireworks are on a riverbed and the sources give no travel advice from the accommodation.
- English Access
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- Cash Required
- Cash is the norm at the citizens' food-stall village and the food stalls.
- Best Arrival
- The fireworks are on the first evening. With a crowd the tourism association calls the largest in the city, get to the riverbed before dark rather than at the start time and claim a spot.
- Peak Crowd
- The 19:00 start of the firing is the densest. The tourism association records more than 500,000 spectators every year.
Tickets
- Seat Type
- None - no paid seating is listed
- Price Range
- 0 yen (the Atsugi City Tourism Association lists no paid seats)
- Seat Count
- 0 (no paid seats) seats
- Sellout History
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- Reservation
- Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass)
- Day-Of Ticket
- Not applicable - there are no paid seats
Weather Policy
- Rain
- Cancelled in stormy weather. No postponement date is mentioned in the sources.
- Decision Time
- No arrival time is set for the 19:00 start. The city-centre programme already draws people from the 16:00 hour.
- Postponement
- Cancelled in stormy weather (no reserve date appears in the 2026 sources)
- Wind Threshold
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- Typical Risks
- After the move to October the direct effect of the rainy season and typhoons is smaller, but the early evening in October turns cold and the sea wind picks up. The sources do not describe the weather rule.
- Weather Cancellation History
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