2026 Wanou Jugoya Festival Fireworks Display: A Full-Day Course

Centered on the Wanou Jugoya Festival Fireworks Display, held on Sunday, July 26, 2026, this full-day course lets you fully enjoy the countryside and hot spring town of Nishikan Ward, Niigata City. At midday, fill up on food at Sorano Terrace while browsing local vegetables, and spend time freely enjoying the lush greenery at Kamisekigata Park, overlooking Mt. Kakuda. In the afternoon, stroll through the hot spring town of Iwamuro Onsen, and in the evening, wait for nightfall while having dinner at the Maki shopping street. Once the sun sets, move to the venue at Wanou Sanjinja Shrine, spread out a picnic sheet, and secure a spot. At 8:30 p.m., fireworks color the night sky against the backdrop of the shrine's wooded grounds, capping off a community-rooted summer festival for 30 minutes until 9 p.m. True to its name, Jugoya (the night of the full moon), this is a fireworks display full of local charm unique to Wanou, where the moon and fireworks sometimes overlap in the sky. This day plan, representative of summer in Nishikan Ward, generously packs in the countryside's nature, a hot spring, and a shrine festival, all in one.