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岩手花巻花火大会
Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass) is a fireworks festival held in Tohoku region (central-west Iwate Prefecture, Kitakami metropolitan area). Date: Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass). Total shells: about Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass). Attendance: Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass). No. Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass)
Event essentials
Headline stats
- Total Shells
- Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass)
- Duration
- Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass) min
- Nights
- Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass) night(s)
- Attendance
- Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass)
- Largest Shell
- Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass)
- Founding Year
- 1989
Signature Sequences
- 01Held in Hanamaki City, Iwate, the birthplace of Kenji Miyazawa and the birthplace of wanko soba
- 02Sits on the Kitakami River and beside Tase Lake; every fireworks event published in the city is staged on a riverbed, on the lake or opposite a bridge park
- 03The city has both a Tohoku Main Line station and a Shinkansen station in the city centre area
Venue & Access
- Time Window
- Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass)
- Venue
- Hanamaki City, Iwate Prefecture (the specific venue could not be identified from the sources read on 2026-10-20)
- Address
- Hanamaki City Hall, 9-30 Hanamaki-jo-machi, Hanamaki, Iwate 025-8601 (city area 385.40 km2)
- Venue Size
- Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass)
- Venue Floor Type
- Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass)
- Gates Open
- Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass)
- 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
- Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass)
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
- Hanamaki Station on the JR Tohoku Main Line is the hub of the city; Shin-Hanamaki Station is on the Tohoku Shinkansen
- Nearest Shinkansen
- Shin-Hanamaki Station on the Tohoku Shinkansen
- Local Transit
- JR East (Shin-Hanamaki on the Tohoku Shinkansen, Hanamaki and Hanamaki Airport and Ishitoya on the Tohoku Main Line, the Ofunato Line), Iwate Kotsu (the city loop bus and the express buses Ihatov-go and Kenji Liner, plus reservation minibuses for the Towa, Ishitoya and Osako areas) and Iwate Hanamaki Airport.
- Parking
- The fireworks events published by Hanamaki City run with no on-site parking or bicycle area and rely on temporary parking lots nearby, but no parking information for this festival appears in the sources read on 2026-10-20.
- Parking Reservation
- Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass)
- Lodging Strategy
- Accommodation is spread across Hanamaki Onsen and the city centre. Nothing read on 20 October 2026 links lodging to this festival.
- English Access
- Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass)
- Cash Required
- Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass)
- Best Arrival
- Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass)
- Peak Crowd
- Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass)
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
- Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass) seats
- Sellout History
- Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass)
- Reservation
- Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass)
- Day-Of Ticket
- Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass)
Weather Policy
- Rain
- Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass)
- Decision Time
- Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass)
- Postponement
- Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass)
- Wind Threshold
- Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass)
- Typical Risks
- A pronounced continental climate with a large annual and daily temperature range; the city is designated a heavy-snow area. Mean annual temperature 10.8 C, mean annual precipitation 1310.4 mm. Daily mean temperature is below zero from January to February, and -15.1 C was recorded on 26 January 2026.
- Weather Cancellation History
- Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass)