The Ryoma Festival in Kochi City celebrates the city's most famous son, Meiji Restoration hero Sakamoto Ryoma, culminating in a fireworks display fired over the Kagami River. The hanabi sequence is designed as a patriotic tribute, with golden willow shells and rising colours evoking the spirit of the Bakumatsu era. The broader festival includes samurai costume parades, yosakoi dance performances, and the Kochi specialty of sawachi cuisine offered at festival stalls throughout the riverside.
- Type
- Festival
- Category
- Fireworks
- Season
- Summer
- Month
- August
- Region
- Shikoku
- Prefecture
- Kochi
- City
- Kochi
Highlights
- ◆Tribute fireworks honouring Sakamoto Ryoma
- ◆Golden willow and patriotic colour sequences
- ◆Samurai costume parade in the broader festival
- ◆Yosakoi dance performances alongside the display
- ◆Sawachi cuisine and local sake at riverside stalls