Fukui Phoenix Fireworks Finished Major festival
福井フェニックス花火 — Fukui (Hokuriku)
- Date
- Fri, July 31, 2026 (The 2026 edition has concluded — 2027 dates are not yet announced)
- Time
- 7:30 PM – 8:00 PM
- Venue
- Asuwa River, Fukui (足羽川河川敷(板垣橋〜木田橋間))
- Scale
- ~10,000 fireworks
- Bad weather
- Postponed to August 3 (Mon) same time in case of stormy weather or river flooding
- Official site
- fuku-iro.jp
The Fukui Phoenix Fireworks opens the city's Phoenix Festival with about 10,000 shells over the Asuwa River — a show whose name is the city's own story. Wide starmines launched off the riverbed light up both banks of a compact, walkable venue in a city now minutes from the Shinkansen network.
Background
Fukui was destroyed twice in three years — by air raid in 1945 and a major earthquake in 1948 — and adopted the phoenix as the city symbol of its rebuilding; the festival and its fireworks carry that name deliberately.
Getting there
The Asuwa riverbank venue is about 15 minutes on foot from JR Fukui Station (Hokuriku Shinkansen, about 3 hours from Tokyo, 50 minutes from Kanazawa).
Tips
- The fireworks are the festival's opening night (a Friday), with dance parades on the weekend — staying Saturday gets you both.
- Riverbed launch means low, wide bursts; the embankment tops on either side are the sweet spot.
- Rain or high water postpones it a few days rather than cancelling — check the official site if the forecast is bad.
- Fukui's new Shinkansen access makes this an easy add to a Kanazawa itinerary; the venue is far less crowded than Kanazawa's own show.
Last verified against the official source: Tue, July 21, 2026