The 74th Oyama Fireworks

Summary

Now in its 74th year, Oyama's fireworks rank among Kanto's biggest by volume—about 20,000 shells—and have drawn roughly 450,000 spectators in recent editions. Since 2025 the event has moved from summer to an autumn night sky, matching its theme of 'a fall festival coloring the hometown heavens.' October 3, 2026 is the date. Unusually for an event this size, the Omo river site is just an 8-minute walk from JR Oyama Station—a Shinkansen stop—making day trips from Tokyo remarkably easy.

Overview

The 2026 schedule opens with a ceremony at 18:00 and first shells at 18:05; by the time the roughly one-hour program wraps it is not yet 19:00—early enough to catch express trains back toward Tokyo. Paid viewing seats are sold through CN Play Guide, and a limited number of reservable paid parking lots are bookable separately, though the organizers push trains hard given the crowds. Using a transit IC card speeds up station passage on the night. The weather policy is strict: rain-or-shine in drizzle, cancelled outright in storms, no reserve date, and no refunds for rain-held or mid-show-cancelled editions—worth knowing before committing to seats. Under the theme of an autumn festival coloring the hometown night sky, the programming mixes wide star mines with sequential launches over the Omo.

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