Fukui Phoenix Fireworks 2026 Confirmed

福井フェニックス花火 — Fukui (Hokuriku)

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.