Fujisawa Enoshima Hanabi Taikai
ふじさわ江の島花火大会
Fujisawa Enoshima Hanabi Taikai is a fireworks festival held in Kanagawa. Date: 2026-10-17 (Sat) 18:00-18:30. Total shells: about 1,000. Attendance: 3万8000人. No. Not published - the city and the fireworks database do not number the editions.
Event essentials
Headline stats
- Total Shells
- 1,000
- Duration
- 30 min
- Nights
- 1 night(s)
- Attendance
- 3万8000人
- Largest Shell
- 2-shaku class shell (about 480 m across)
- Founding Year
- Reported to have begun in the Taisho era; the present name and format have been fixed since 2012
Signature Sequences
- 01A headline 2-shaku class shell, reported as the only one of its size in the Shonan area
- 02A mid-October date, out of season for the Shonan coast
- 03Firing from the waterline of the Katase west beach
- 04Cancelled rather than postponed in rainy or stormy weather
Venue & Access
- Time Window
- Fireworks 18:00-18:30 (about 30 min)
- Venue
- Katase coast west beach, Fujisawa City (6 min walk from Katase Enoshima Station)
- Address
- Katase coast west beach, Fujisawa City, Kanagawa (35.3105528, 139.4781083)
- Venue Size
- Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass)
- Venue Floor Type
- Sandy beach. The shells are launched from a barge anchored off Katase West Beach.
- Gates Open
- Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass) - the display starts at 18:00 but no opening time for the beach area is published.
- 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
- Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass)
- Production Company
- Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass)
- Sponsor
- Fujisawa City Tourism Association (public interest incorporated association), 0466-22-4141
Access
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
- Katase Enoshima Station (Odakyu Enoshima Line, 6 min), Enoshima Station (Enoshima Electric Railway, 5 min), Shonan-Enoshima Station (Shonan Monorail, 7 min)
- Nearest Shinkansen
- Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass)
- Local Transit
- Three lines serve the venue: the Odakyu Enoshima Line, the Enoshima Electric Railway and the Shonan Monorail
- Parking
- JA Wikipedia records 1,636 paid spaces (from 400 yen per hour, 2,000 yen per day); the 2026 database entry lists only nearby paid parking
- Parking Reservation
- No reservation and no festival car park - only neighbouring paid car parks, first come first served.
- Lodging Strategy
- Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass) - no accommodation guidance is published.
- English Access
- Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass)
- Cash Required
- Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass) - entry to the beach is free and no cash payment points are described.
- Best Arrival
- Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass).
- Peak Crowd
- The display is only 30 minutes long, 18:00-18:30, so the whole crowd is on the beach for that half hour and disperses immediately afterwards; traffic restrictions apply around the venue.
Tickets
- Seat Type
- Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass)
- Price Range
- Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass)
- Seat Count
- 0 - the festival has no paid seats (花火大会データベース「有料席 なし」). seats
- Sellout History
- Not applicable - the festival has no paid seats.
- Reservation
- Not applicable - entry is free and unreserved.
- Day-Of Ticket
- Not applicable - entry is free and there is no paid seating (花火大会データベース「有料席 なし」).
Weather Policy
- Rain
- Cancelled in rain or stormy weather
- Decision Time
- Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass) - no go/no-go announcement time is published.
- Postponement
- Storms are said to move the show to the next day, but the 2017 and 2019 editions were cancelled outright
- Wind Threshold
- Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass)
- Typical Risks
- October typhoons and autumn rain. Rain or severe weather cancels the show with no postponement, so the go/no-go call comes on the day itself.
- Weather Cancellation History
- Rain or severe weather cancels the show with no postponement. The 2026 edition on Saturday 17 October was held as scheduled from 18:00 to 18:30.