Oami-Shirasato Fireworks

Summary

On the Shirasato beach along Chiba's Kujukuri coast on the Pacific side of the Boso Peninsula, about 2,000 shells fill an hour from 18:30 on September 26 — starmaines and message fireworks over open sea with nothing to block the view. A cooling-off plaza and food stalls open from around 16:00, so the town's summer-festival finale runs from evening sea breeze straight into the last shell.

Overview

From JR Oami Station, a Kominato Tetsudo bus toward Shiroko or Sunrise-Kujukuri runs about 30 minutes; get off at Shirasato-Kaigan, five minutes on foot. About 1,000 paid spaces (fees to be announced) exist, but capacity is tight and transit is the stated preference. Sea wind can chill after dark. With stalls from late afternoon and a full hour of shells, the day writes itself — dusk beach, stall dinner, sky. Chiba Prefecture's event calendar lists September 27 as the reserve day, and the city's website — currently dominated by August flood-recovery notices — is the place to re-confirm status before traveling. Beachside inns nearby make an overnight easy to add. The nearest station, Oami, is on the JR Sotobo Line from Tokyo, with the bus covering most of the remaining distance.

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