Okayama Momotaro Festival Summer Fireworks
おかやま桃太郎まつり納涼花火大会
Okayama Momotaro Festival Summer Fireworks is a fireworks festival held in Chugoku. Date: The first day of the two-day Momotaro Festival in late July (the 2016 edition ran on 6-7 August and the 2018 fireworks on 4 August). Total shells: about About 5,000 shells (2018 figure; not reconfirmed for the current edition). Attendance: Not published. No. Not numbered - the fireworks are the opening-night display of the Okayama Momotaro Festival
Event essentials
Headline stats
- Total Shells
- About 5,000 shells (2018 figure; not reconfirmed for the current edition)
- Duration
- 60 min
- Nights
- 1 night(s)
- Attendance
- Not published
- Founding Year
- 1981年
Venue & Access
- Time Window
- 19:30-20:30 in the 2016 edition; the current schedule is not published in the sources read
- Venue
- The Asahi River riverside at Nakanoshima (旭川西中島河原一帯), Naka Ward, Okayama City, Okayama Prefecture
- Address
- Asahi River Nakanoshima riverbed, Naka Ward, Okayama City, Okayama Prefecture (旭川西中島河原一帯, 岡山市中区) 34.948635°N, 133.808816°E
- Venue Size
- Not published
- Venue Floor Type
- Urban riverbed in the centre of Okayama City
- Paid-Seat Holder Entry
- Not published
- Spectator Capacity
- Not published; the launch site is the Asahi River riverbed in central Okayama City
- Launch Company
- Unknown
- Sponsor
- Okayama Momotaro Festival operating committee (おかやま桃太郎まつり運営委員会); the city tourism contact is the Okayama City Tourism Promotion Division, TEL 086-803-1332
Access
Venue map
View on Google MapsFrom major cities
- From Tokyo
- JR Tokaido and Sanyo Shinkansen to Okayama Station (about 3 h 30 min from Tokyo), then about 15 min walk to the Asahi River riverbed.
- From Osaka
- About 1 h 40 min by rail from Osaka to Okayama on the Sanyo Shinkansen
- From Sendai
- About 4 h 40 min by rail from Sendai to Okayama on the Sanyo Shinkansen
- Nearest Station
- JR Okayama Station, about 15 min walk
- Nearest Shinkansen
- JR Okayama Station is a Shinkansen and tram interchange
- Local Transit
- JR Okayama Station, about 15 min walk to the Asahi River riverbed at Nakanoshima in Naka Ward
- Parking
- Not published
- Parking Reservation
- Not published
- Cash Required
- Not published
- Best Arrival
- Arrive before 19:30 - the display is a single one-hour window on the riverbed in the city centre
- Peak Crowd
- The whole display sits inside the 19:30-20:30 window
Tickets
- Seat Type
- Not published
- Price Range
- Not published
- Reservation
- Not published
- Day-Of Ticket
- Not published
Weather Policy
- Rain
- Not published
- Postponement
- Not published
- Wind Threshold
- Not published
- Typical Risks
- Late July in the Seto Inland Sea region - hot and humid with the peak of the summer rainy season overlapping the festival window
- Weather Cancellation History
- Not recorded in the sources read; the 2022 Noryo fireworks were cancelled, which shows the display can be called off