Hanabi Taikaiin Fireworks
花火大会in印旛沼
Hanabi Taikaiin Fireworks is a fireworks festival held in Kanto. Date: 7 November 2026 (Sat) - normally mid-October to early November. Total shells: about 1万5000. Attendance: 10万人. No. 19
Event essentials
Headline stats
- Total Shells
- 1万5000
- Duration
- 70 min
- Nights
- 1 night(s)
- Attendance
- 10万人
- Largest Shell
- 10-shaku shells (shot against each other by ten member companies of the Japan Fireworks Art Association)
- Founding Year
- 2006
Signature Sequences
- 01An audience-participation fireworks festival that won the Good Design Award in 2010
- 02Hanabi Fantasia, which syncs the music with the shells
- 03The NARITA Golden Legend finale
- 04The 10-shaku shoot-off and the large senrin starmine
Venue & Access
- Time Window
- 18:00-19:30 (about 70 min)
- Venue
- Narita Newtown Sports Park (Daikata-machi area, Narita City, Chiba) and the viewing fields on the north bank of Lake Imbanuma
- Address
- Daikata-machi area, Narita City, Chiba (Narita Newtown Sports Park) 35.799072°N, 140.252778°E
- Venue Size
- Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass)
- Venue Floor Type
- Open-air venue (paddy fields on the lakeshore and the sports park), with free standing viewing and paid sponsor seats side by side
- Gates Open
- Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass)
- Paid-Seat Holder Entry
- Not published - the organiser does not list a seat-holder entry time
- Spectator Capacity
- 100,000 (typical attendance)
- Production Company
- The fireworks company for 2026 is not named in the sources; in 2008 the company was chosen from three presenters
- Sponsor
- The NARITA fireworks festival organising committee (office 0476-27-4779); day-of contact 0180-99-3838
Access
Venue map
View on Google MapsFrom major cities
- From Tokyo
- JR Sobu Line or Keisei Narita Line to JR Narita Station, then the temporary bus to the venue (270 JPY)
- 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
- JR Narita Station - temporary bus from the west exit; shuttle buses from Keisei Narita, Keisei Narita-Yugawa and Keisei Kouno-no-Mori stations
- Nearest Shinkansen
- Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass)
- Local Transit
- Temporary bus from the west exit of JR Narita Station (14:30-18:00, 270 JPY; return 19:20 to last bus, 170 JPY) and shuttle buses from Keisei Narita-Yugawa and Keisei Kouno-no-Mori stations to the Narita health and welfare hall (from 14:00 at intervals, 300 JPY)
- Parking
- There is no parking at the venue itself: Nakadai parking holds 244 cars (14:00-22:00), Ootatsu parking holds 110 cars (16:00-22:00), there is a paid reserved lot at 300 JPY per trip, and residents within about a 40-minute walk are asked to lend their driveways for the day
- Parking Reservation
- Only the official reserved lot runs on a reservation basis (from 14:00 at roughly 20-minute intervals, 300 JPY per trip). The Nakadai and Ootatsu lots are free
- Lodging Strategy
- Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass)
- English Access
- It promoted the festival abroad through the METI GooJapan project in 2013. A drone programme, FIRE DRONE FANTASIA, was planned for 2024
- Cash Required
- Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass)
- Best Arrival
- Before 17:00. The temporary bus from JR Narita Station runs until 18:00 and the return buses start from 19:20
- Peak Crowd
- The 18:00-19:30 firing window
Tickets
- Seat Type
- Designated and block seats in the SS, S, A and B areas plus photographer seats
- Price Range
- 6,000-52,000 JPY
- Seat Count
- 1 to 4 people per ticket seats
- Sellout History
- Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass)
- Reservation
- E-tickets through CN Play Guide and sale at convenience stores (FamilyMart and Seven-Eleven)
- Day-Of Ticket
- Sponsor tickets go on sale on 4 September (Friday). No same-day ticket is listed
Weather Policy
- Rain
- Held in light rain; cancelled in stormy weather
- Decision Time
- 7 November 2026 (Sat) 18:00 (start of the firing)
- Postponement
- Cancelled in stormy weather with no postponement date set; the go/no-go call is made on the day of the festival
- Wind Threshold
- Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass)
- Typical Risks
- The bad-weather rule for 2026 is stated explicitly as "held in light rain, cancelled in stormy weather"
- Weather Cancellation History
- In 2019 the festival was cancelled on the day by typhoon 15 and held on another date; 2020 and 2021 were postponed because of the spread of COVID-19