Anjo's Tanabata Festival is celebrated as one of the three most famous Tanabata festivals in Japan, and its evening fireworks display is a highlight of the five-day celebration. Thousands of colourful tanzaku paper-wish streamers and elaborate Tanabata decorations line the city's main shopping streets by day, while the fireworks launch spectacularly over Anjo Park at night. Around 800,000 visitors attend the overall festival, making the fireworks one of Aichi's most watched summer events. The display synchronises bursts with traditional Japanese festival music.
- Type
- Festival
- Category
- Fireworks
- Season
- Summer
- Month
- Early August
- Region
- Chubu
- Prefecture
- Aichi
- City
- Anjo
Highlights
- ◆Part of one of Japan's three renowned Tanabata festivals
- ◆Colourful tanzaku-decorated streetscapes as daytime backdrop
- ◆Music-synchronised fireworks over Anjo Park
- ◆Up to 800,000 festival visitors over the full event
- ◆Strong cultural atmosphere mixing star-legend lore and modern pyrotechnics