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Oodate Daimoji Festival Fireworks

大館大文字まつり花火大会

Oodate Daimoji Festival Fireworks is a fireworks festival held in Tohoku. Date: August 11 (Mountain Day). Total shells: about ~2,000. Attendance: 推定5,000-10,000人. No. 72回 (令和8年/2026年)

Event essentials

Headline stats

Total Shells
~2,000
Duration
40 min
Nights
1 night(s)
Attendance
推定5,000-10,000人
Largest Shell
Not published - the sources give no shell size or shell type
Founding Year
1955年（昭和30年） - 2026年第72回からの逆算

Signature Sequences

  1. 01'Daytime: the Odate Daimonji Odori and the bukkake-mikoshi charge process along Omachi Hachiko-dori and Onarimachi-dori'
  2. 02'Evening: lantern floating on the Nagoki River and the countdown'
  3. 03'Night: the moji is lit at 20:00, then the fireworks run from 20:10 to 20:50'
  4. 04鳳翔山 (Hoo-zan) hillside 打ち上げ
  5. 05大文字焼き (Akita犬 文字 dog-kanji fire ceremony, simultaneous with fireworks)
  6. 06比内鶏・きりたんぽ (regional Akita cuisine available)

Venue & Access

Time Window
20:10-20:50 (planned) - the Daimonji ignition starts at 20:00 and the fireworks follow the ignition (2026 schedule)
Venue
Odate City Hoo-zan hillside area
Address
Nagoki River riverbed, Odate City, Akita Prefecture (the night programme runs along the Nagoki River and up Hoo-zan)
Venue Size
Not published - the length of the Nagoki riverbed section used for the display is not given
Venue Floor Type
An open-air riverbed venue on the Nagoki River below Hoo-zan
Gates Open
17:00
Paid-Seat Holder Entry
Not published - the paid seats are given only as details undecided
Spectator Capacity
推定8,000人
Launch Company
Undisclosed (organized by 大館大文字まつり実行委員会)
Production Company
Not published - the fireworks database, the Odate City pages and JA Wikipedia all carry no pyrotechnic firm
Sponsor
Organiser: the Odate Daimonji Festival Executive Committee (大館大文字まつり実行委員会). Public contact: the Odate City Tourism Association (一社大館市観光協会), TEL 0186-42-4360

Access

From major cities

From Tokyo
東京駅 → 秋田新幹線 こまち号 → 大館駅 (約3時間半) → タクシー約10分 → 鳳凰山
From Osaka
About 5 h 30 min from Osaka to Odate Station by the Tokaido and Ou Shinkansen lines and the Ou and Tohoku Main Lines, then about 5 minutes by taxi from JR Odate Station to the Nagoki riverbed
From Sendai
About 4 h 20 min from Sendai to Odate Station by the Ou Main Line and the Akita Shinkansen, then about 5 minutes by taxi from JR Odate Station to the Nagoki riverbed
Nearest Station
JR大館駅 (Odate Station, 会場までタクシー約10分)
Nearest Shinkansen
JR秋田駅 (秋田新幹線終点 — 東京から約4時間、奥羽本線で大館駅へ)
Local Transit
About 5 min by taxi from JR Odate Station; no shuttle bus is listed in the sources checked.
Parking
No dedicated parking at the venue (the fireworks database lists parking as 'x'); use the car parks in central Odate.
Lodging Strategy
Stay in the Odate area. The fireworks run 20:10-20:50, there is no car park at the venue, and the practical access is a taxi of about 5 minutes from JR Odate Station.
English Access
Not published - the paid seats are announced only as details undecided and there is no foreign-visitor booking route
Best Arrival
Arrive by about 19:00 to be in place for the 20:00 lighting of the moji.
Peak Crowd
The busiest stretch runs from the 20:00 lighting of the moji to the 20:50 end of the fireworks.

Tickets

Weather Policy

Rain
Postponed in stormy weather - the decision is made by the evening of the day itself (Walker Plus)
Decision Time
In stormy weather the decision is taken by the evening of the day itself (Walker Plus, 2026).
Postponement
In stormy weather the organiser decides by the evening of the day itself and postpones the display (Walker Plus, 2026).
Wind Threshold
Not published - in stormy weather the event is postponed, and the decision is made by the evening of the day itself
Typical Risks
Heavy rain and typhoons in mid-August; because the display is short - about 2,000 shells over some 40 minutes - the postponement decision has to be taken on the evening itself.
Weather Cancellation History
2012 (Heisei 24) - rained off, postponed to 16 September, moji-yaki only,2022 (Reiwa 4) - heavy rain in northern Tohoku caused two postponements, from 16 August to 4 September,2026 (Reiwa 8) - in stormy weather the postponement is decided by the evening of the day

Sources and verification

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