2026 Yasuoka Village Summer Festival Fireworks: A Full-Day Course

Centered on the Yasuoka Village Residents' Summer Festival Fireworks Display (泰阜村民夏まつり花火大会) held on Saturday, July 25, 2026, this course takes you around the mountains along the Tenryu River (天竜川) over the course of a day. At midday, enjoy local flavors at the roadside station Michi-no-Eki Shinshu Hiraya (道の駅「信州平谷」), then visit the powerful Hiraoka Dam (平岡ダム), which holds back the Tenryu River. Next, visit Tamoto Station (田本駅), a remote station on the JR Iida Line (JR飯田線) standing quietly on a cliff, and experience a railway scene you won't find in everyday life. In the evening, move to the venue, the Yasuoka Village General Athletic Ground (泰阜村総合グラウンド), and wait for the show to begin while having dinner amid the glow of the night stalls. At 19:40, fireworks launch one after another into the night sky surrounded by mountains, creating a powerful spectacle as the sound echoes through the mountains. What makes this different from fireworks displays in urban areas is the chance to experience the village's warm atmosphere and scale up close. This is a plan unique to summer in Yasuoka Village, letting you enjoy mountain-village nature, railways, and fireworks all at once. Since this is a high-elevation mountain area, the cool air after sunset should feel especially pleasant.