Meiji Jingu Gaien Fireworks Festival

The Jingu Gaien Fireworks Festival is the most urban and accessible of the Tokyo fireworks festivals. Since 2011, following the Great East Japan Earthquake (Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami), the festival has donated part of its proceeds to support recovery efforts.

What happens?

Approximately 10,000 fireworks will be hurled into the air over a paying audience within Jingu Stadium or the Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium.

Alternatively, you can set yourself up anywhere within a 1-kilometer radius for free and hope for a reasonable view. As the festival doesn’t take place over water, the fireworks don’t reach the same altitude as many of the other large festivals, so you may be disappointed. There will also be some musical performances.

Schedule

The festival goes ahead in light rain and moves to the following day only if the weather is bad enough to call it off.

At Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, gates open at 3 p.m. and the performance begins at 5 p.m. The 2026 program included a five-minute fireworks medley set to songs by TOMORROW X TOGETHER, although the group did not appear in person.

Jingu Stadium gates open at 4 p.m., its program also starts at 5 p.m., and the fireworks go up at 7:30 p.m.

In recent years, the surrounding roads were heavily regulated and restricted in some places.

Tickets

Dates and ticket details for the next edition usually land in late May or early June, with general sales following in early July. In 2026, seats ran from ¥7,000 for a stand seat at Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium to ¥15,000 for an arena SS seat in Jingu Stadium.

Tickets are sold through Pia, Lawson Ticket, ePlus, Asoview and TV Asahi Ticket.

Extra seats were released at both venues as demand grew, though some had restricted views of the fireworks, the stage, or the attractions.