Otagawa Fireworks Festival
太田川花火大会
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Otagawa Fireworks Festival is a fireworks festival held in Chugoku. Date: The festival used to run on 10 August; the last edition was in 2002. Total shells: about About 8,000 shells at its peak (the largest count in the prefecture while the festival ran). Attendance: Not published for the Otagawa edition. No. The festival ran from 1965 to 2002 and was then absorbed into the Hiroshima Minato Yume Hanabi
Event essentials
Headline stats
- Total Shells
- About 8,000 shells at its peak (the largest count in the prefecture while the festival ran)
- Duration
- 60 min
- Nights
- 1 night(s)
- Attendance
- Not published for the Otagawa edition
- Largest Shell
- Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass)
- Founding Year
- 1970
Signature Sequences
Venue & Access
- Time Window
- Not published
- Venue
- Otagawa flood-control channel bed, Nishi Ward, Hiroshima City, Hiroshima Prefecture (太田川放水路河川敷, JR Misasa Station area)
- Address
- Hiroshima Prefecture, Hiroshima City, Nishi Ward, the Otagawa flood-control channel bed
- 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)
- Production Company
- Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass)
- Sponsor
- The Hiroshima festival committee for the successor event; the organiser of the Otagawa edition is not recorded in the sources checked
Access
From major cities
- From Tokyo
- About 2 h 20 min: the Sanyo Shinkansen to Hiroshima Station, the JR Kabe line to Misasa Station and then about 10 minutes on foot to the Otagawa flood-control channel bed; the Hiroshima Expressway interchanges at Hiroshima West and Hiroshima Minami sit close to the channel.
- 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 Misasa Station on the Kabe Line
- Nearest Shinkansen
- Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass)
- Local Transit
- Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass)
- Parking
- Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass)
- Parking Reservation
- Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass)
- Lodging Strategy
- Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass)
- 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 published
- 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
- Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass)
- Weather Cancellation History
- Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass)