murmurOnomichi Sumiyoshi Fireworks Festival
Onomichi City · Onomichi Channel, around Sumiyoshi Shrine
Dates and details can change. Always check the official website before you go.
Onomichi Sumiyoshi-kai (Onomichi Chamber of Commerce and Industry) · Last checked: Oct 10, 2026
Dates
Dates confirmed with official sources
- 2026
- Sat, Jul 25, 2026 （Ended） 19:30-20:30 (planned)
- 2027
- Dates have not been announced yet. Please check the official website.
- Usual timing
- Usually late July
- How the date is set
- Changes from year to year Held on a Saturday around the 27th day of the sixth lunar month; cancelled in bad weather with no rain date
- Venue
- Onomichi Channel, around Sumiyoshi Shrine
- City
- Onomichi City, Hiroshima
About
Held on a Saturday close to June 27 of the old lunar calendar as the annual festival of Sumiyoshi Shrine in Onomichi, this is a fireworks show over the Onomichi Channel. About 13,000 shells go up, finishing with a display synchronized to music. Three lantern boats, decorated as a mountain, a torii gate and a gohei wand, cross the water with a portable shrine, a sign that the fireworks are an offering to the gods. The festival goes back to the mid-Edo period. In 1741 the town magistrate Hirayama Kakuzaemon Naozumi built the Sumiyoshi shore and relocated Sumiyoshi Shrine there from the grounds of Jodoji Temple to watch over the port. Wholesale seafood merchants are said to have started the festival in his honor, praying for business and safe passage at sea. From JR Onomichi Station, it's about a 15-minute walk along Kaigan-dori by the water.
Sources
- OfficialOnomichi Sumiyoshi-kai (Onomichi Chamber of Commerce and Industry) onomichi-cci.or.jp
- OfficialOnomichi Tourism Association (Ononavi) www.ononavi.jp
Last checked: Oct 10, 2026. Event information is based on official announcements, but changes may not always be reflected here. Please check each official website for accurate details.
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