
Toyooka Yanagi Festival Fireworks Festival: The sight of various special fireworks soaring into the sky is a must-see
The Yanagi Festival fireworks close Toyooka's big summer weekend on Sunday, August 2, 2026, from 20:00 to 20:50, with around 2,000 shells over the Maruyama riverbed — art fireworks and star-mines building to a giant star-mine finale. About 25,000 people attend. The two-day festival (August 1–2) runs the Yanagi no Miya grand shrine festival on day one and a youth-club festival on day two. JR and Kyoto Tango Railway's Toyooka Station is a 20-minute walk away, with 400 free temporary parking spaces.
Toyooka's Yanagi Festival spreads across the city over two days: the Yanagi no Miya grand shrine festival anchors the first, a youth-club festival the second, and the second night belongs to the fireworks. From the Maruyama riverbed, art fireworks and star-mines rise one after another until the final chapter — a giant star-mine that floods the river's surface with light. The venue is a 20-minute walk from JR and Kyoto Tango Railway's Toyooka Station, or about 10 minutes by car from the Toyooka-Izushi interchange, where 400 free temporary spaces await. Paid viewing seats are also offered. The open riverbed keeps sightlines wide, so the fireworks stretching across the full width of the river can be enjoyed from a broad stretch of bank.