Summer in Niigata means near-weekly fireworks festivals around the prefecture; it truly is the “kingdom of fireworks.” The coastal Kashiwazaki, riverside Nagaoka, and inland Katakai fireworks festivals are famous throughout Japan as the “Big Three Fireworks Festivals of Echigo”, and each year thousands of people come from all over the country to see them. Enjoy the glory and wonder of the Gion Kashiwazaki Matsuri with its beautiful Star Mine fireworks over the sea, the Nagaoka Matsuri where fireworks of all different sizes compete for brilliance over the Shinano River, and the Katakai Matsuri where four-shaku (120 cm) diameter fireworks, the world’s largest, illuminate the night sky. They all have roots in local fireworks festivals, and date back many years.

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