murmurKoga Fireworks Festival
Koga City · Koga Golf Links (Watarase River riverbank)
Dates and details can change. Always check the official website before you go.
Koga City Tourism and Local Products Division · Last checked: Oct 10, 2026
Dates
Dates confirmed with official sources
- 2026
- Sat, Aug 1, 2026 （Ended） From 19:20
- 2027
- Dates have not been announced yet. Please check the official website.
- Usual timing
- Usually early August
- How the date is set
- Changes from year to year Cancelled in severe weather
- Venue
- Koga Golf Links (Watarase River riverbank)
- City
- Koga City, Ibaraki
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About
Held in summer at Koga Golf Links on the Watarase riverbank, this fireworks festival reached its 21st edition in 2026. The local tourism association promotes it as one of Japan's largest in shell count and sanshakudama, and the main attractions are two enormous sanshakudama shells and huge wide starmine barrages stretched across the broad riverbank. In 2026 the famous fireworks maker Nomura Hanabi also took part. From early evening the area around Edomachi-dori in town becomes pedestrian-only. Paid seats include spots on the levee slope and chairs set out on the fairway. The site has no shade, so come prepared for the heat; you can only claim a spot on the day itself, and the show is cancelled in bad weather.
Sources
- OfficialKoga City Tourism and Local Products Division www.city.ibaraki-koga.lg.jp
- OfficialKoga City Tourism Association www.kogakanko.jp
- OfficialIbaraki Prefecture Tourism (Kanko Ibaraki) www.ibarakiguide.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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On the day, see what locals are murmuring on the murmur map
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