
Sontoku Summer Festival The Final 2026 Grand Fireworks Festival — Fireworks launched near the festival venue excite the crowd
A large-shell fireworks show on September 5 at the Kinugawa riverbed green park near Sunagahara Bridge in Moka, Tochigi. Some 5,000 shells — large shells, star mines and more — fill the 50 minutes from 7:30 pm, launched close to the viewing area across a broad grass riverbed.
Around 30,000 people gather on the wide grass of the Kinugawa riverbed for this late-summer show. With launch sites close at hand, the big shells spread wide overhead. By train it is about 15 minutes by taxi from JR Jichi-idai Station; by car, about 20 minutes from Moka IC via Route 408, though traffic restrictions apply around the venue from 5 pm to around 9 pm. There are no food stalls, so plan meals in advance.