What are the dates for the Kuwana Suigo Fireworks Festival in 2024? Are tickets available for purchase? A comprehensive guide to the highlights, access, parking maps, and more 🎇 [Updated as of July 2, 2024]

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▼Table of contents

• What is the Kuwana Suigo Fireworks Festival? How many fireworks are launched?
• History of Kuwana Suigo Fireworks Festival
• Are there tickets to the fireworks viewing seats? Are they sold out?
• Highlights and Program of the Kuwana Suigo Fireworks Festival 2024
• A roaring explosion and a giant flower. The largest "2 shakudama fireworks launch" in the Tokai region
• Random beat to the music! "Music Fireworks"
• Will there be food stalls?
• Are there toilets at the venue?
• About access, parking, and traffic regulations
• Access by public transportation
• Access by car
• About parking lot
• About traffic regulations
• The Kuwana IshidoriFestival will be held the week after the fireworks!
• [Additional note] Regarding places where you can see fireworks other than paid viewing seats

What is the Kuwana Suigo Fireworks Festival? How many fireworks are launched?

The Kuwana Suigo Fireworks Festival is an annual fireworks festival held in KuwanaCity, Mie Prefecture.

Approximately 10,000 fireworks, one of the largest in the Tokai region, will be launched, and a variety of fireworks, including 2-shaku fireworks, will decorate the night sky with a roaring sound and an impressive spread of fireworks falling from above.

Event overview

・Venue: Ibi River bank (Nabeya Tsutsumi)

・Date and time: Saturday, July 27, 2024, 7:30pm-8:30pm (scheduled)

*During light rain
*A decision will be made at 7am on the day whether the event will be held or not. If the event is cancelled due to bad weather, it will be postponed to the following day, the 28th (Sunday).

This year, all fireworks venues will have paid seats, so you will need a ticket to enter.

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History of Kuwana Suigo Fireworks Festival

The Kuwana Suigo Fireworks Festival, which began in 1933 to commemorate the completion of the Ise Ohashi Bridge, is a traditional event that has continued to this day, although it was temporarily suspended during the war.

The special feature is the fireworks display that uses the width and depth of the river, which is unique to the water town of Kuwana, and the launch site is the sandbank of the Ibi River.

Are there tickets to the fireworks viewing seats? Are they sold out?

All seats at the Kuwana Suigo Fireworks Festival are paid. We have also increased the number of photographer seats, which were popular last year, so if you want to take photos of the fireworks from the best spot, be sure to come! However, tickets are limited, so please purchase early. Only those who purchase tickets in advance can enter the viewing area. (Tickets may be sold on the day depending on the number of tickets remaining) Reserving a spot on any other day is strictly prohibited.

1. Advance lottery for citizens (those who live in the city)
■Application period: From 18:00 on Monday, June 3rd to 23:59 on Monday, June 10th
■Results announcement: Wednesday, June 12th, 6:00pm
■Deadline for payment: Sunday, June 16th, 23:59

2. General sales (regardless of whether you live in or outside the city)
■ Starts Monday, June 17th at 6:00pm

Purchase here! (Link will take you to an external site.)

[Update on June 25th] The photographer's seat, and chair seats S and A are all sold out! There is still space in chair seats B, the 4-person space, the 8-person space, and the riverbed area, but they may sell out one by one, so if you are planning to go, we recommend that you secure your tickets early!

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Highlights and Program of the Kuwana Suigo Fireworks Festival 2024

As mentioned above, the Kuwana Suigo Fireworks Festival will feature approximately 10,000 fireworks. There are plenty of highlights, including the "2-shaku fireworks launch," which launches 2-shaku fireworks that create large, blooming flowers. The program is currently being compiled! As soon as it is announced, it will be posted here, so be sure to check it out!

A roaring explosion and a giant flower. The largest "2 shakudama fireworks launch" in the Tokai region

A 2-shaku ball (size 20 ball) refers to a firework ball with a diameter of 2 shaku (approximately 60 cm). When launched, it will spread to a diameter of about 500 meters.

It is characterized by its dynamic appearance that envelops your eyes and the roar that makes the windows of nearby houses shake, and is often set off as the main feature of fireworks displays.

At the Kuwana Suigo Fireworks Festival venue, the audience seats are close to the launch site, so the two-shaku fireworks that fill the sky are truly impressive. Summer cannot start without fireworks in Kuwana!

Random beat to the music! "Music Fireworks"

The timing of the launch is set by a computer, and various types of fireworks are launched in time with the music.

You can enjoy the collaboration between modern technology and traditional fireworks culture, including slow, grand music and up-tempo trendy music.

Will there be food stalls?

​There will be food stalls at the 2024 Kuwana Suigo Fireworks Festival! Local restaurants will be hosting food trucks and stalls at the venue to entertain everyone. Don't miss this opportunity to enjoy the local cuisine of KuwanaCity.

Please be sure to take your trash home with you.

Are there toilets at the venue?

Temporary toilets are installed at the venue, but the toilets get crowded every year as many people use them. We recommend that you use the public restrooms at the exit station or around the venue beforehand.

About access, parking, and traffic regulations

The venue is the Ibi River (Nabeya Tsutsumi).

Access by public transportation

18 minutes walk from Kuwana Station on Kintetsu/JR/Yoro Railway
18 minutes walk from Sangi Railway Nishi-Kuwana Station

Access by car

Many people are unable to reach the venue due to traffic jams. Please use public transportation.

About parking lot

[Advance reservation required parking] Purchase online in the same way as paid seats (scheduled to go on sale from early July)
Rikkyo Elementary School grounds, Seigi Elementary School grounds, Shutoku Elementary School grounds (maintenance contribution: 2,000 yen per car)
*If you forget your ticket on the day of the fireworks display, you will not be able to park, so please make sure to bring it with you.

[Temporary parking lot (on the day)]
Nisshin Elementary School grounds and Kofu Junior High School grounds (Maintenance contribution: 2,000 yen per car. Within a 20-minute walk from the venue.)

[About Nabananosato Parking Lot]　
With the cooperation of Nabananosato, it is also possible to park in the Nabananosato parking lot.
Price: 2,000 yen per person (includes admission Nabananosato and a 1,000 yen voucher that can be used within the village.)
*The paid viewing seats are more than 3km Nabananosato, so please allow yourself plenty of time.
Please do not park on the street near the venue.

We have summarized the location of each parking lot on a map, so please use it as a reference for access.

About traffic regulations

Traffic restrictions on the day of the fireworks display will be in place from 5:30pm to 10pm. (Some areas will be restricted from 12pm to 11pm.)
Traffic regulations apply not only to cars and motorcycles, but also to bicycles, so you will not be able to enter the restricted area. Please note that the cars of people living in the area will also be unable to move.

The Kuwana IshidoriFestival will be held the week after the fireworks!

What did you think? In this article, we have explained the 2024 Kuwana Suigo Fireworks Festival. You can enjoy fireworks in various forms, including musical fireworks, with a focus on 2-shaku fireworks. If you have a ticket, be sure to burn the fireworks that will light up the summer night sky of Kuwana into your memory!

In addition, the week after the Kuwana Suigo Fireworks Festival, the "noisiest festival in Japan," the Kuwana IshidoriFestival, will be held from Saturday, August 3rd to Sunday, August 4th. 40 festival floats will light up the streets of Kuwana, beating gongs and drums. Why not take this opportunity to experience the hot two weeks of KuwanaCity? For more information about the Kuwana IshidoriFestival, check out the article below.

What kind of festival will the Kuwana IshidoriFestival be in 2024? We will explain the highlights of the festival from a local perspective! Information on food stalls and parking lots are also included!

[Additional note] Regarding places where you can see fireworks other than paid viewing seats

The Hanabi Park @ ShichirinoWatashi Park

This year, in addition to the popular paid viewing seats on the embankment, we will be introducing for the first time "The Hanabi Park," a park seating area where you can enjoy fireworks without crowding. The entire area ShichirinoWatashi Park, which is close to the launch site, will be open to the public as a limited viewing area. You can relax and enjoy the fireworks in this pleasant grassy park.

Kuwana Suigo Fireworks Festival Park seats @ ShichirinoWatashi Park
Opening hours: 17:00-21:30
Advance ticket: 4,000 yen Same day ticket: 4,500 yen
*1 drink and picnic sheet included
*Free for elementary school students and younger (up to 3 children per adult).
Click here to purchase advance tickets

- You can relax and watch the fireworks on the lawn of the park.
- The venue is dark and there are steps. Please be careful not to fall.
- Drinks and snacks are available for purchase inside the park.
- Re-entry is possible.
- Restrooms are located within the park.
- You can enter and exit from the dike road side and the Barrow side. (The Barrow side entrance is recommended as it allows you to enter without passing through most of the crowded areas.)
- Seats will be the size of leisure seats. Please give it to me and use it.
- Children are not allowed to enter on their own.
- If we judge that you are causing a nuisance to other visitors, you may be asked to leave. In this case, the admission fee cannot be refunded.
- Pets are not allowed inside the venue. (Excluding service dogs, etc.)
- Due to the crowding around the venue on the day, mobile phone signals will be almost nonexistent. Please check the route to the venue in advance before coming to the venue.

Viewing plan with meal @ Rokkaen

Rokkaen will be selling paid seats with a meal included in conjunction with the Kuwana Suigo Fireworks Festival.

Before the fireworks begin, you can enjoy a meal in the Japanese-style First Room, or relax in the garden, which has been designated a national site of scenic beauty, while watching the spectacular fireworks bursting up over the Western-style building.

Opening hours: 16:00~ (disband at any time)
Price: 35,000 yen (including admission fee)
Sales start: June 4th (Tuesday) (Ends when capacity is reached)

For applications, please call 0594-24-4466. For details, please visit the official Rokkaen website.