Top 5 Seasonal Fireworks in Osaka Prefecture, Kinki

The Inagawa Fireworks Festival is held over the Inagawa river. For the occasion, stands and food stalls are erected, giving the entire area a cheerful atmosphere as friends in yukata share shaved ice and fried noodles. When nightfall comes, the summer sky is lit up by rockets, and those who came early to reserve their seats are rewarded with a brilliant view.

A "homemade" fireworks festival that was started in 1989 by local volunteers who loved the Yodogawa River. Today it is held on the Shin-Yodogawa River in early August every year and is a tradition of summer in Osaka. The collaboration of fireworks exploded under the surface of the river and Star Mines launched high into the night sky, and the dual performance of light and sound as multiple shakutama fireworks are launched all at once and synchronized with music make a wonderful sight. Also popular is a segment of novelty fireworks that make strange shapes or scatter in all directions.

The Tenjin-san is an extraordinary local flea market, held in and around the Tenmangu Shrine. Featuring over 1,000 stalls selling locals wares and second-hand goods ranging from antiques to kimono, the market has a cheerful energy to it. Locals especially enjoy the many food carts with fresh fruit, vegetables, and seafood, along with those that offer seasonal and hot dishes for sampling in between perusing wares. Held on the 25th of each month, the atmosphere is family-friendly and warmly inclusive.

A fireworks festival that decorates the finale of the Tenjin Festival at Osaka Tenmangu Shrine, which can boast more than 1,000 years of history. From two locations alongside the Ogawa (formerly Yodogawa) River - Sakuramiya Park and Kawasaki Park - about 4,000 fireworks are launched and color the night sky. Particularly popular are such unique items as the Plum Blossom, symbolic of Tenmangu Shrine, that opens the display and fireworks that spell out letters. Also the light of the fireworks glittering on the surface of the Ogawa River and the fleet of Funatogyo boats is magical.

One of Japan's leading fireworks displays that takes place every year on August 1st in the grounds of the Church of Perfect Liberty in Tondabayashi City, Osaka Prefecture, this ceremony is one of the festivals honoring the outstanding virtue of the cult's first and second-generation gurus. A wide variety of types of fireworks launched in a stunning structure and production is truly a luminary work of art. Highlights include shakutama fireworks launched simultaneously from multiple places and the thousands of fireworks decorating the night sky in the finale.