Higashi Fireworks
花火大会
Higashi Fireworks is a fireworks festival held in Kanto. Date: 2026-08-01 (Sat) 19:00-20:30; the first Saturday of August has been the settled slot in recent years. Total shells: about 約15,000発（戸田橋花火大会と合算）. Attendance: 52万人（2019年・令和元年実績）. No. 67回
Event essentials
Headline stats
- Total Shells
- 約15,000発（戸田橋花火大会と合算）
- Duration
- 90 min
- Nights
- 1 night(s)
- Attendance
- 52万人（2019年・令和元年実績）
- Largest Shell
- 15-shaku shell (45 cm shell, about 45 cm across), 4 shells
- Founding Year
- 1951
Signature Sequences
- 01Opening wide star mine with one 45 cm shell, Gintora no o ichuuda, counted at 1,771 shots
- 02The middle of the show alternates four star mines with single 10-inch shells
- 03Item 78, the large star mine Purple Town ITABASHI, and item 81, the star mine Natsu yoi wonderland
- 04Item 97, the closing wide star mine Grand Finale! Sky Niagara, counted at 1,466 shots
- 05Item 98, the Great Niagara Falls set piece with one 45 cm shell, ends the show
- 06The largest 45 cm (15-shaku) shell in Tokyo - a 360 m wide crown at 400 m altitude plus a huge 45 cm monster ball shell
- 07Held on the same day as Toda's fireworks across the Tokyo-Saitama border, at a record 13,000 shells or more in total
- 08The Kanto-longest Great Niagara Falls - a 700 m set piece
- 09Increased wide star mine fire, and a Sky Niagara finale
- 10Stepped earth-bank seating built into the levee (from the 35th edition in 1993)
Venue & Access
- Time Window
- 19:00-20:30; the display runs in blocks timed roughly 19:06 to 20:27, with the opening ceremony inside the first hour
- Venue
- Itabashi-ku Arakawa riverbed, upstream of the Toda Bridge on the Itabashi (Funado) bank
- Address
- Funado, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo - Arakawa riverbed upstream of the Toda Bridge (National Route 17, the old Nakasendo bridge)
- Venue Size
- Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass)
- Venue Floor Type
- Riverbed baseball grounds, an athletics stadium, a lawn plaza and stepped earth banks
- Gates Open
- Paid free seating opens at 17:00. Admission to the free viewing area is restricted once it is full
- Paid-Seat Holder Entry
- 17:00
- Spectator Capacity
- 0
- Production Company
- 0
- Sponsor
- Itabashi Ward and the Itabashi Tourist Association (organisers); Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, Arakawa Lower River Office (cooperation); run by Itabashi Ward
Access
From major cities
- From Tokyo
- 0
- From Osaka
- 0
- From Sendai
- 0
- Nearest Station
- JR Saikyo Line Ukima-Funato, and Toei Mita Line Nishi-dai, Negi and Takashimadaira stations (which one you may use depends on whether you hold a paid ticket; about 20 minutes' walk from each)
- Nearest Shinkansen
- 0
- Local Transit
- The area around the venue is closed to vehicles from 17:00 to about 22:00 and has no parking or bicycle parking. Free viewers may only use Takashimadaira on the Toei Mita Line; ticket holders may use Nishi-dai, Negi and Ukima-Funato. Top up your IC card before the return journey
- Parking
- There is no parking at all. Roads around the venue are closed to vehicles from 17:00 to about 22:00 and there is no parking nearby, nor any bicycle parking inside the venue
- Parking Reservation
- Not applicable - the festival is designed to be attended by public transport only, with no car or bicycle parking to reserve
- Lodging Strategy
- 0
- English Access
- The official site itabashihanabi.jp is available in Japanese, English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese and Korean (machine translated, so not always exact). Ticket purchase and voucher collection are handled at the machines on site
- Cash Required
- Tickets bought from the multi-copy machines are paid in cash (Seven-Eleven, with a 165 yen issue fee per voucher); card acceptance depends on the machine
- Best Arrival
- The 17:00 hour: about 20 minutes' walk from each station, paid free seating opens at 17:00 and the display starts at 19:00
- Peak Crowd
- The worst crowding is in the hour before the display starts, from around 18:00, and continues until the 20:30 close. Roads around the venue are under traffic control and closed to vehicles from 17:00 to about 22:00
Tickets
- Seat Type
- Paid reserved seating - athletics stadium round-table seats (32,000 yen per set of four), athletics stadium chair seats (5,500 yen each), athletics stadium group seats (40,000 yen per set of eight), Prime seats (6,000 yen each), group Prime seats (48,000 yen per set of eight), S seats (5,000 yen each), group S seats (40,000 yen per set of eight) and lawn-bank group seats
- Paid free seating (new in 2026) - the hard and soft baseball ground and the earth bank of areas 14-17, 2,000 yen per person
- Accessible seating - stepped bank, mid-tier and flat seating, free by advance application and lottery
- Free - the upper baseball grounds, lawn plaza and areas 1-4 (from 2026)
- Price Range
- Paid free seating 2,000 yen per person plus a 165 yen issue fee per voucher. Paid reserved seating runs from 5,000 yen (S seats) to 48,000 yen (group Prime seats, per set of eight), all tax included. Free viewing and accessible seating are free
- Seat Count
- 0 seats
- Sellout History
- Paid free seating for 2026 went on sale at 10:00 on Saturday 13 June and the official site states sales close once capacity is reached. No actual sell-out figures are published
- Reservation
- Paid free and reserved seats are bought on the Ticket Pia Itabashi fireworks sales page or at a Seven-Eleven multi-copy machine and the voucher is issued at Seven-Eleven, one per person. Accessible seating is applied for through a dedicated form and drawn by lottery. Vouchers cannot be exchanged or refunded (except if the event is called off because of weather or other causes)
- Day-Of Ticket
- Advance sale only - there are no same-day tickets. Sales opened at 10:00 on Saturday 13 June 2026 and close when capacity is reached
Weather Policy
- Rain
- Held in rain; cancelled in stormy weather - the 2026 event information states 荒天中止（順延開催はありません）
- Decision Time
- Paid free and reserved seating went on sale at 10:00 on Saturday 13 June 2026 and close when capacity is reached; whether the event goes ahead is confirmed in the official site's news list on the day
- Postponement
- The festival is cancelled in stormy weather and is not rescheduled to another date
- Wind Threshold
- 0
- Typical Risks
- Early August in Tokyo. Because stormy weather cancels the show outright with no postponement, check the official site on the day even in rain
- Weather Cancellation History
- The 53rd edition in 2011 was cancelled in consideration of the Great East Japan Earthquake; 2020-2022 were cancelled because of COVID-19; in 2023 a fire of about 2,000 square metres broke out during the show and the display was stopped. A specific cancellation caused by stormy weather was not found in the sources checked on 2026-10-20