The 52nd Kawasaki Summer Festival Fireworks Festival "Orogaga's proud big fireworks"

Event Overview

Launching large fireworks, including 2-shaku-dama and underwater fireworks, to color the night sky of Kawasaki. On the day of the fireworks festival, temporary buses will operate from various regions of Ichinoseki. Image provided by the Kawasaki Summer Festival Executive Committee.

Info

Event Location:

Kitakami River Riverbed (Lower Kitakami Bridge, Riverside)

Address:

Kawasaki-cho, Ichinoseki-shi, Iwate

Public Transportation:

JR Ichinoseki Station → Bus 30 minutes, bus stop: light clothes or roadside station Kawasaki disembarkation, 2 minutes on foot

Car Access:

20 km, 40 minutes via National Route 284 from Ichinoseki IC on the Tohoku Expressway.

Phone Number:

0191-43-2440 (Kawasaki Summer Festival Executive Committee (in Ichinoseki Chamber of Commerce Kawasaki Branch))

Parking Number:

About 2600 units (free and paid)

Event Period

August 16, 2026 (Sunday)

* Rainy weather (inquiry required)

Price

Entrance fee for the fireworks venue: Paid, a cooperation fee of 500 yen per person (elementary school students and above) is required.

Event Category

Fireworks Festival

Kitakami Ohashi Star Mine
Kawasaki Summer Festival Executive Committee

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