The Nagaoka Fireworks Festival has won the title of “Japan’s Three Greatest Fireworks” and “Echigo’s Three Greatest Fireworks”.
It is said that “I am glad I got to see this fireworks display in my lifetime” because the fireworks cover the entire summer night sky in such a huge display that it is impossible to catch them all.
The Nagaoka Fireworks has a history of ephemeral yet beautiful fireworks.
The “Nagaoka Grand Fireworks Festival 2023” will be held again this year!
”Niigata welcome campaign!! ￥5,000 OFF” is now being accepted.
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routing guide
【Route from Nagaoka Station to the ticket pickup location】
【Route from the ticket pickup location to the fireworks venue】
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History and Tradition
A tragedy in which B-29s turned a quiet night into a dark sky.
『That Summer Day』In the transformed front page of the city
The amount of incendiary bombs was 925 tons, and 163,000 incendiary child bombs rained down like a torrential downpour.
1,488 people died.
The city of Nagaoka was burnt to the ground in an air raid,
From August 1, 1946
Memorial service for the victims of the war in both countries
and gratitude to the people who faced “reconstruction” with indefatigable spirit
The Nagaoka City War Damage Reconstruction Festival,” a fireworks display that expresses a permanent “prayer for peace,” was started.
This is the only firework display in Japan that includes these words.
We have decided to focus on consoling the souls of the war victims on August 1, and to hold the fireworks festival on August 2 and 3.
The night sky will be brightened with a large fireworks display that is filled with our thoughts and feelings.
A single flower “white chrysanthemum” pointing to the sky
『Memorial』『Reconstruction』『Peace』
The purpose of the festival has always been to honor the war dead of the Nagaoka Air Raid,
As time went by, people gradually began to gather from all over Japan, and some of the families of the war dead began to ask, “Aren’t we forgetting the origin of the memorial?
The families of the war dead have voiced their concerns, saying, “We are forgetting the original purpose of the memorial fireworks.
Let’s go back to the origin as a memorial firework.
Thus, on August 1, 2002, at 10:30 p.m.
The fireworks were intended as a memorial to the war dead of the Nagaoka Air Raid, which started at the same time as the air raid on Nagaoka,
Three white chrysanthemums bloom in the night sky.
As a flower to present to the dead as a memorial to them
A single white chrysanthemum draws a circle in the sky and quietly disappears.
The “White Chrysanthemum” is launched at the beginning of the program of the Nagaoka Matsuri Grand Fireworks Festival.
From the side, it may be just a few single shots of fireworks.
To the war dead who cruelly lost their lives
We hope that you will turn this thought into a prayer and watch over the fireworks as they are launched.
Thoughts behind “Phoenix,” a Fireworks Display for Prayer for Reconstruction
『fushityou』
October 23, 2004 am.05:56
The Chuetsu Earthquake and Tsunami
As we have seen, Nagaoka has a tragic history.
Mock atomic bombings in the Pacific War
Flood damage caused by torrential rains in Niigata and Fukushima in July 2004
Nagaoka overcame these disasters, recovered, and is now at peace.
To those who faced “reconstruction” with an indomitable spirit
And to those who faced “reconstruction” with an indomitable spirit, and to this eternal “Prayer for Peace”.
The fireworks that are launched over and over again with a width of about 2 kilometers are the image of Nagaoka, a city that has been trampled on but has recovered again and again.
The moving fireworks will fill the night sky of Nagaoka with the background music “jupiter”.
postscript
The “disaster” of the Chuetsu Earthquake
In the past few years, the “plague” of the coronavirus has caused many deaths.
Are the wars that have been waged in many countries in recent years necessary to maintain balance in the world?
I’m off” is followed by “Okaeri” (welcome back).
It is precisely because we live in the peaceful daily life of Japan, reiwa, that we are able to see the world in such a way that we can never take it for granted.
It is something that is never taken for granted.
In order not to forget the memory of pain
We have turned incendiary bombs into fireworks as gunpowder, and we are passing them on to the next generation.
There is such a sad and painful history
It has been passed down through the generations with a variety of feelings and thoughts.
With this history in mind
Please enjoy the 2023 Nagaoka Grand Fireworks Festival with this history in mind.
The “Nagaoka Grand Fireworks Festival 2023” will be held again this year!
”Niigata welcome campaign!! ￥5,000 OFF” is now being accepted.
The “Niigata welcome campaign!! ￥5,000 OFF” started in Niigata Prefecture is a discount campaign exclusively for foreign nationals only.
This campaign is available at each of the plan A,B,C, so please take advantage of it.
the three major fireworks of Echigo
The three major fireworks festivals in Echigo are “Nagaoka Grand Fireworks Festival”, “Gion Kashiwazaki Festival Sea Fireworks Festival”, and “Katakai Festival Asahara Shrine Autumn Grand Festival”.
Of these, I would like to recommend a few more,『Katakai Festival Asahara Shrine Autumn Festival』
The world’s largest ball, the four-foot-tall ballis the highlight.
