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The 19th Echizen City Summer Festival (Fireworks Festival)

The 19th Echizen City Summer Festival (Fireworks Festival)

Event Overview

A fireworks display that colors the summer night sky of Echizen City. The location with the mountain in the background is powerful with the sound of fireworks reverberating to the mountain. The fireworks display centered on Starmine is a wide launch, and you can enjoy a wide fireworks show. A large number of music fireworks are prepared every year, and the impression that is different from the usual and the lid is illuminated by Echizen City on a midsummer night.

Info

  • Event Location:   
  • Hino River Green Park
  • Address:   
  • Horikawa-cho, Echizen City, Fukui Prefecture
  • PublicTransportation:   
Hapi Line Fukui Takefu Station → 5 minutes walk; or Fukui Railway Takefu New Station → 10 minutes walk
  • CarAccess:   
6km 15 minutes from Takefu IC, Hokuriku-do (Takefu Chuo Park)
  • Phone Number:   
  • 0778-24-0655 (Echizen City Tourism and Takumi Information Center)
  • Parking Number:   
1400 units/Takefu Central Park, there are several others (some shuttle bus service)

Event Period

  • Thursday, August 15, 2024
* In rainy weather, postponed to Saturday and Sunday of the same week (postponed to the next Saturday and Sunday until the event)

Price

Fireworks venue entrance fee: Free/With paid seats: 1 seat 2000-2500 yen * Chair seat, designated

Event Category

Fireworks display, traditional performing arts and dance


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