Sayama City Irumagawa Tanabata Festival - Cool Evening Fireworks Display

Summary

Sayama's Tanabata Festival, a tradition more than 150 years old, opens on August 1 with the Noryo Fireworks over the Iruma riverbed — about 2,000 shells in 30 minutes from 19:30. Roughly 1.5 km of Tanabata Street turns pedestrian for the festival, lined with about 100 bamboo decorations and rows of stalls. The venue sits just 3 minutes from Seibu Sayama-shi Station, and with no parking, the train is the way in.

Overview

The two-day festival hands its opening night to the river: from 19:30 to 20:00, about 2,000 fireworks open one after another above the crowd-lined riverbed, often with the street's bamboo decorations in the same view. Daytime belongs to the pedestrianized stretch of Tanabata Street, packed with stalls and events. Traffic restrictions apply around the venue and there is no parking, so arriving on foot from the west exit of Seibu Sayama-shi Station — just 3 minutes away — is the practical choice.

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