2026 Tatebayashi Tezutsu Fireworks Festival: Full-Day Course

A full-day course centered on the Tatebayashi Tezutsu Fireworks Festival, held on Saturday, July 25, 2026, letting you enjoy Tatebayashi City (館林市), Gunma Prefecture (群馬県), from midday onward. Known for its reputation as Japan's hottest city, Tatebayashi is also an appealing town where castle-town history and rich nature coexist. In the afternoon, stroll along the shore of Shiro-numa Pond (城沼) next to Tatebayashi Castle Yume Hiroba (館林城ゆめひろば), and take a breather in the shade at Tsutsujigaoka Park (つつじが岡公園). In the evening, fill up on food in an area that still carries the atmosphere of the old castle town before heading to the venue. Once night falls, enjoy up close the powerful sight of bold tezutsu hanabi scorching the night sky. Tezutsu hanabi is a rare style of fireworks, found in only a few places nationwide, in which bearers hold the tube themselves as it shoots a pillar of flame, offering a tension and intensity quite different from ordinary launched fireworks. It is a special full-day plan for experiencing a Tatebayashi summer night with the whole family.