Nagara River Fireworks Festival

This is a historic national fireworks festival in the Tokai region, held on the first Saturday of August each year (with slight adjustments in some years). The launch site is located along the riverbank of the Nagara River in Gifu City, stretching from downstream of Nagara Bridge to upstream of Kinkazan Bridge, with over 10,000 fireworks set off.

The backdrop of the festival features the famous Kinkazan and Gifu Castle atop the mountain. The program includes a continuous display of massive rapid-fire fireworks (Star Mine), nighttime colored smoke, and specially designed fireworks that burst over the clear waters of the Nagara River. Festival stalls will line both sides of the riverbank for hundreds of meters that night.

Transportation is available via the JR Tōkaidō Main Line to 'Gifu Station' or the Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line to 'Meitetsu Gifu Station.' On the day of the festival, a highly frequent official shuttle bus service will operate from in front of the station to the venue, taking about 20 minutes.