
The 75th Goshogawara Fireworks Festival - about 5,000 fireworks color the night sky
The Goshogawara Fireworks Display — its 75th edition — fills the Iwai riverbed at Hokuto Ground in Goshogawara, Aomori, on Monday, August 3, 2026, from 19:20 to 21:00 with 5,000 shells. Music fireworks that please eye and ear together anchor a program of star-mines large and small, and a photo contest collects shots from the night. Paid seats are on sale until they run out. JR Goshogawara Station is a 10-minute walk away, with a paid lot of 500 spaces at 1,000 yen per day.
Set on the Iwai River's Hokuto Ground, Goshogawara's summer display builds its roughly 100-minute program around music fireworks that play to eye and ear at once, backed by star-mines large and small among the 5,000 shells — a show that keeps its grip to the end. A fireworks photo contest runs alongside, open to shots taken at the display. Tickets for relaxed paid seating are on sale now and close out when gone, so early purchase is the safe move. JR Goshogawara Station is a 10-minute walk from the venue; drivers arrive in about 25 minutes from the Nanae IC via the Tsugaru Expressway, parking 500 spaces at 1,000 yen per day, settled at the entrance and usable from 3 to 10 p.m.