The 38th Mikuni Fireworks Festival

Official Website for Mikuni Fireworks

Every August 11th, Mikuni Fireworks is held at Mikuni Sunset Beach in Mikuni-cho, Sakai City, Fukui Prefecture. It will be 38th annual festival this year, and about 10 different kinds of fireworks blasting off into the night sky. It’ll last for about an hour.

 

①　2-shaku-dama firework

A round firework with a circumference of about 60 centimeters shell

The weight of the ball of the firework is 70 kilograms

Explodes at an altitude of 450 meters

 

②　Shaku-dama firework

A round firework with a circumference of about 30 centimeters shell

The weight of the ball of the firework is 8.5 kilograms

Explodes at an altitude of 300 meters

Creates an illumination 280 meters in diameter

 

③　The 7-gou dama firework

A round firework with a circumference of about 20 centimeters shell

The weight of the ball of the firework is 3 kilograms

Explodes at an altitude of 250 meters

Creates an illumination 200 meters in diameter

 

④　The 5-gou dama firework

A round firework with a circumference of about 14.4 centimeters shell

The weight of the ball of the firework is 1.3 kilograms

Explodes at an altitude of 200 meters

Creates an illumination 150 meters in diameter

 

⑤　The 4-gou dama firework

A round firework with a circumference of about 11.5 centimeters shell

The weight of the ball of the firework is 0.5 kilograms

Explodes at an altitude of 150 meters in diameter

Creates an illumination 120 meters in diameter

 

⑥　The 3-gou dama Star Mine (star mine is a rapid-fire series of fireworks) firework

A round firework with a circumference of about 8.6 centimeters shell

The weight of the ball of the firework is 0.5 kilograms

Explodes at an altitude of 150 meters in diameter

Creates an illumination 120meters in diameter

⑦　Star Mine (a rapid-fire series of fireworks) firework

⑧　Niagara Falls firework (fireworks which look like the Niagara Falls)

⑨　Set pieces firework

⑩　Underwater firework (4-gou dama firework~2-shaku-dama firework)

 

 

Here’s a video I took at Mikuni Fireworks Festival last year. Please enjoy it!

The venue is at the beach, so it was very soothing just to be there and it was enjoyable to see the spectacular fireworks.

 

If you have a chance to visit the Mikuni Fireworks Festival, enjoy it!

 

T.F

 

Official website for Mikuni Fireworks:
The38th Mikuni Fireworks
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