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"Isesaki Fireworks Display
Submitted by takegimi on Mon, 2008/07/14 - 10:52.

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Start: 2008/08/30 - 00:00
End: 2008/08/30 - 23:59
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People come from not only Gunma, but all around Japan to see this amazing display that involves the launch of 30,000 rockets over a period of 90 minutes. It will be held on the 30th of August and viewable from such places as Seibu Koen, Love River Shinsui Koen and so on which you can walk to from Isesaki Station in about 15 minutes or drive to from Komagata Highway Exit in 10 minutes. For more information, please call the Isesaki Bunka Kanko-ka on 027-024-5111.

Isesaki Tonegawa Fireworks Festival
Submitted by takegimi on Thu, 2008/06/19 - 10:27.

I was prepping for the Newcomer's Guide and looking up local festivals and noticed this website:
http://www.g-is.or.jp/hanabi/hanabi.html

It announces that due to a lack of financial support, the Isesaki Fireworks Festival has been canceled this year (2008).
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Hey there, I just asked my
Submitted by sann1954 on Fri, 2008/06/20 - 14:35.

Hey there, I just asked my JTE, apparently there are two Firework displays in Isesaki, the main one will still go ahead but the smaller one in Sakaimachi seems to be cancelled.

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that sucks. its one of my
Submitted by phill on Fri, 2008/07/11 - 09:54.

that sucks. its one of my favorite festivals. really small and cozy... Damn Jets taking all the money!"

Can someone please let me know if the fireworks festival is happening?

Also, are most people going to that OR the welcome beer garden because they are both on August 30? It's a tough choice...

Joshu is the old name for Gunma. The Joshu Natsu Matsuri (summer festival) features Gunma foods, famous products, Neputa, fashion shows, dancing demonstrations and music performances. It's at the Kencho. 17:00 to 21:00 on Saturday and 10:00 to 19:00 on Sunday.

Kiryu will hold it's annual Yagibushi festival on the 1st, 2nd and 3rd of August.

The main streets of Kiryu will be filled with fantastic food, drink and (most importantly) lots of Yagibushi dancing!!!

The festival is very easy to find. Get off the train at 'Kiryu' and follow the crowds, lanterns and Yagibushi music!

Hope to see you all there!!

The annual Fujioka Matsuri features parades, omikoshi and dashi floats processions, food stalls, taiko performances, street dancing, flea markets, etc. The main events take place a few blocks south of Gunmafujioka station on the Hachiko Line.

http://www.city.fujioka.gunma.jp/kanko/f_maturi.htm

People come from not only Gunma, but all around Japan to see this amazing display that involves the launch of 30,000 rockets over a period of 90 minutes. It will be held on the 30th of August and viewable from such places as Seibu Koen, Love River Shinsui Koen and so on which you can walk to from Isesaki Station in about 15 minutes or drive to from Komagata Highway Exit in 10 minutes. For more information, please call the Isesaki Bunka Kanko-ka on 027-024-5111.

The Takasaki Baykui Kannon Candle Festival, called “Mandoe万灯会(まんどうえ)” will have over 10000 candles and lanterns will line the path all the way up to the foot of the Hibiki Bridge. Visitors come and pray for such things as their ancestors, safety of their homes and families and success in business. The festival will be held on the 23rd of August at Kannon Yama Jigenji Shrine. You can get there in about 20 minutes on a bus called “Gururin” that departs from the West Exit of Takasaki Station.
For more information, please contact Jigenji Shrine on 027-322-2269.

The Oohinata Fire Festival, in Nanmoku village, is the largest remaining fire festival in the prefecture and is designated as an intangible cultural Prefectural treasure. Head up to the Oohinata Bridge in Nanmoku on the 14th and 15th of August to catch the action. For more information, please contact the Nanmoku Shinko Seiba-ka on 027-487-2011.

Based off of Aomori Prefecture’s Hirosaki’s Lantern festival, the Ojima Lantern Festival will have 15 large and small lanterns hanging against the backdrop of a summer night sky while taiko and other music play in the background. Don’t miss this event! It will take place from Thursday, August 14th through Friday, August 15th on Ojima shouten oodori along Route 354. There is a free 5-minute shuttle bus ride from Kizaki station on on the Tobu Isesaki line. For more information, please contact the Ota Commerce and Tourism department at 027-647-1833.

The Maebashi Fireworks Display on the 9th of August around the Owatari bridge. This is known as one of the best fireworks displays in Northern Kanto and includes the launch of starmines, the Niagra fire falls off the Owatari Bridge and the “Niagra in the sky” as it is called, a firework which is said to have originated in Maebashi. There will also be a variety of other fireworks on show, making for a wonderful night scene. For more information, please contact the Maebashi Firework Association at 027-234-5108.

This wonderful festival will be held from the 3rd of August to the 6th of August and will include such things as a performance by the winning team of the Merrie Monarch Hula Festival, tradition hula dancing and Hawaiian music. The festival will be held in Ikaho host spring resort, just a 20 minute drive from the Shibukawa-Ikaho highway interchange. For more information, please call the Ikaho Hot Spring Tourism Association at 027-972-3151.