Chikugo River Fireworks Festival
ちっご祭花火大会
Chikugo River Fireworks Festival is a fireworks festival held in Kyushu. Date: 2026-10-18 (Sun); the earlier editions were 2025-10-19, 2024-10-27 and 2023-10-15. Total shells: about Not published. Attendance: Not published. No. Not numbered - the fireworks are the closing display of the Chiggo Festival
Event essentials
Headline stats
- Total Shells
- Not published
- Duration
- 30 min
- Nights
- 1 night(s)
- Attendance
- Not published
- Founding Year
- 推定2000年代
Venue & Access
- Time Window
- The festival events run 11:00-19:00 and the fireworks close the programme
- Venue
- Prefectural Chikugo Wide-area Park (県営筑後広域公園), Tsushima, Chikugo City, Fukuoka Prefecture
- Address
- Tsushima, Chikugo City, Fukuoka Prefecture (福岡県筑後市津島) 33.177699°N, 130.492494°E
- Venue Size
- Not published
- Venue Floor Type
- Open parkland in a prefectural wide-area park beside the Chikugo river
- Paid-Seat Holder Entry
- The festival gates open at 11:00
- Spectator Capacity
- Not published; the viewing area is the prefectural Chikugo Wide-area Park
- Launch Company
- Unknown
- Sponsor
- Chiggo Festival organising committee (ちっご祭実行委員会); the contact is the Chikugo City Commerce and Tourism Division, TEL 0942-65-7024
Access
Venue map
View on Google MapsFrom major cities
- From Tokyo
- JR Kyushu Shinkansen to Kurume Station (about 3 h), then about 30 min by car to Chikugo. By rail, the Nishitetsu Amagi Line to Chikugo Funagoya Station, then about 10 min walk.
- From Osaka
- About 1 h 20 min by air to Fukuoka Airport, then about 1 h 30 min by car to Chikugo
- From Sendai
- About 3 h 30 min by air to Fukuoka Airport, then about 1 h 30 min by car to Chikugo
- Nearest Station
- JR Chikugo Funagoya Station, about 10 min walk; Nishitetsu bus lines 50 and 53 to the Chikugo Kouroku Koen-mae stop
- Nearest Shinkansen
- No Shinkansen station in Chikugo; the nearest is Kurume Station on the Kyushu Shinkansen, about 30 min by car
- Local Transit
- JR Chikugo Funagoya Station about 10 min walk on foot; Nishitetsu bus lines 50 and 53 stop at Chikugo Kouroku Koen-mae, right by the venue
- Parking
- Not published; the park has its own car park
- Parking Reservation
- Not published
- Cash Required
- Yes for the food stalls at the Koi no Kuni Chikugo Gourmet Festa
- Best Arrival
- The festival events run through the day from 11:00, so the site is busy well before the closing fireworks
- Peak Crowd
- The last hour of the 11:00-19:00 festival programme, when the fireworks display closes the event
Tickets
- Seat Type
- Not published
- Price Range
- Not published
- Reservation
- Not published
- Day-Of Ticket
- Not published
Weather Policy
- Rain
- Light rain permitted (小雨決行); cancelled in severe weather (荒天中止)
- Postponement
- None published; severe weather cancels the display rather than postponing it
- Wind Threshold
- Not published
- Typical Risks
- Mid-October in Fukuoka - the typhoon season can still reach Kyushu, which is why the rain policy separates light rain from severe weather
- Weather Cancellation History
- None recorded for the 2026 edition, which was held on schedule on 2026-10-18