Best Fireworks in Kyoto 2025
Summer Fireworks Display in Kyoto
Fireworks (Hanabi) are one of the traditional summer events in Japan, and fireworks festivals take place throughout Japan around July and August. A lively festival that features various fun activities besides the colorful fireworks display in the sky. The festival contains entertainment, traditional and cultural celebrations of summer, and plenty of shops and food stalls.
In Kyoto, the fireworks festival is unique and very traditional, as Kyoto is rich in ancient history with many famous temples. The festival offers a memorable fireworks experience as it shows the natural beauty of Kyoto in addition to the thousands of colorful fireworks displays.
In this article, check out the fireworks festival in Kyoto.
1. Ayabe Minazuki Festival
The Ayabe Minazuki Festival is one of the popular summer festival events in Kyoto. It features various traditional celebrations of summer, such as a colorful fireworks display with more than a thousand shots, and the floating lantern on the river, as one of the traditional events. The festival offers lively entertainment, ritual, parade, cultural and traditional Japanese summer celebration.
Event Period: July 26, 2025
Location: Kawaitocho areas, Yura River area
2. Minato Maizuru Chatta Fireworks Festival
The Minato Maizuru Chatta Fireworks Festival is one of the summer fireworks festivals in Kyoto, held in Maizuru Nishi Port. A waterfront venue that gives a magical effect of fireworks over the beautiful sea, with over 4,000 fireworks on display to be launched. The festival also offers activities related to summer and plenty of shops and food stalls to enjoy.
Event Period: July 27, 2025
Location: Maizuru West Port, Maizuru City, Kyoto, Onobe Green Space
3. Kyoto Hozugawa Fireworks Festival
The Kyoto Hozugawa Fireworks Festival is one of the popular summer events in the Kansai region. Offers an extremely impressive fireworks display with over 13,000 shots to be launched, the largest fireworks display in Kansai history. In addition to the fireworks, the festival offers a drone light show, entertainment, and music along with shops and food stalls.
Event Period: August 11, 2025
Location: Hozu Ohashi Bridge, Hozucho Kameoka City, Kyoto
*This content was originally published on Japan Web Magazine (https://jw-webmagazine.com/best-fireworks-in-kyoto/) on June 28, 2025 and is republished here for our newsletter readers.
