The 2025 edition! Niigata [Gion Kashiwazaki Festival, Sea of Fireworks Festival], decorating the night sky in summer.
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Gion Kashiwazaki Festival "Great Fireworks Display at Sea", one of the three major fireworks displays in Echigo
Saturday, July 26, 2025! The Gion Kashiwazaki Festival "Great Fireworks Festival of the Sea", one of the three major fireworks festivals in Echigo, will be held!
The "Starmine in the Sky under the Sea," which curves toward the sea and forms a beautiful semicircle as it blooms on the surface of the sea, and the "Three-Shaku Dama Extra-Large Fireworks," in which a three-shaku dama weighing about 200 kg blooms a huge ring with a diameter of 600 meters above the sea, all in a jet black space with a sea breeze from the Sea of Japan. Enjoy the roar and light of approximately 16,000 fireworks that will be shot off over a period of 1 hour and 30 minutes.
Here are this year's main attractions
What are underwater fireworks?
In fact, the gunpowder used in fireworks does not burn, but explodes in a chemical reaction. This combustion phenomenon occurs when chemicals containing oxygen combine with carbon. The chemical reaction keeps the fire from being extinguished even when thrown into the ocean! Fireworks launched into the ocean sink into the water and then float to the surface due to the air contained in the firework. The time from the time of launch is adjusted so that the fireworks open when they float to the surface of the sea.
Basically, there is no difference between fireworks shot into the sea and those shot into the night sky. Also, fireworks are made of paper, charcoal, glue (nori) and salt, so there is no problem with the natural environment.
The fireworks of Lake Suwa are often compared to the underwater fireworks of Kashiwazaki. The fireworks at Suwa Lake are set up on poles from the bottom of the lake, so when they open, they form a perfect semicircle.
In the case of Kashiwazaki, they open in the water, so the resistance of the water makes them look like lotus flowers!
Taste the taste with the fireworks♪
How about tasting Kashiwazaki through food while viewing the fireworks?
Unfortunately, the acceptance for the 2025 festival has ended, but please refer to next year!
Kashiwazaki Fireworks Bento [no longer available
In addition to Kashiwazaki's famous tai-meshi (sea bream rice), this limited-edition fireworks bento is packed with ingredients that remind you of Kashiwazaki, such as grilled salmon with rice bran, shrimp in Echigo soy sauce, rape blossoms and taro, which are specially cultivated vegetables, and Setsunari cucumber, which is certified as a traditional vegetable.
Price: 1,500 yen (tax included)
Limited to 2,500 servings
Kashiwazaki Fireworks Bento "MIYABI" [no longer available].
In addition to the contents of the Kashiwazaki Fireworks Bento, this special bento includes Kashiwazaki turban shells, Matsufuyaki made with Echigo miso, and sweet treats from a long-established Japanese confectionary shop, allowing you to enjoy a wider range of Kashiwazaki cuisine. (Chocolat yokan is included.)
Price: 2,000 yen (tax included)
Limited to 1,000 servings
Kashiwazaki Fireworks Bento Premium [no longer available].
This is a very special limited edition bento boxed lunch box for one night only, which includes sake lees from a Kashiwazaki sake brewery, homemade roast pork, and mountain vegetables such as royal ferns to allow you to fully enjoy Kashiwazaki's culinary culture. (Includes two kinds of sweet snacks including chocolate yokan)
Price: 3,000 yen (tax included)
Limited to 500 servings
Advance reservations are required for each boxed lunch. (Limited to those who have made reservations for paid spectator seating)
Reservations cannot be made for boxed lunches only.
*Allergies are not individually catered for.
*Please note that the contents of the boxed lunch on the day of the event may differ from those shown in the photos.
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Launching place
Around Chuo Kaigan and Minatomachi Seaside Park
Access
Approximately 25 minutes on foot from Kashiwazaki Station
Approximately 20 minutes by car from the Kashiwazaki IC
Approximately 20 minutes by car from Yoneyama IC
●Note
Temporary parking will be available, but the number of spaces is limited. The area around the venue will be very crowded due to traffic restrictions.
Shuttle bus service is not available.
For details, please check the Gion Kashiwazaki Festival "Great Fireworks Festival of the Sea" website.
*The contents and services in this article are subject to change.
*All images are for reference only.
*All images were provided by the Kashiwazaki City Hall.
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