Hiroshima Port Dream Fireworks Festival 2026 Confirmed

広島みなと夢花火大会 — Hiroshima (Chugoku)

The Hiroshima Port Dream Fireworks stages a 'fireworks museum' over the harbor: about 10,000 shells organized as a guided tour through pyrotechnic styles and eras, fired from the 10,000-ton berth at Ujina. It's Hiroshima's big summer night out, drawing a quarter-million people to the waterfront south of the city center.

Background

Launched in 1996 as the port's summer festival, it adopted the 'museum' program concept — presenting fireworks as curated exhibits with narration — as its signature format.

Getting there

The venue is Hiroshima Port (Ujina), about 30–35 minutes from JR Hiroshima Station by the number 1 or 5 streetcar to the port terminus, or 15 minutes by taxi from downtown.

Tips

• The streetcars are charming but slow and mobbed on the night — leaving downtown by 5pm is the difference between a seat and a crush.
• The 'exhibit' narration is in Japanese, but the program structure (historical styles in sequence) is easy to follow regardless.
• Paid seating on the wharf faces the barges directly; free viewing from Ujina's shoreline parks is plentiful if you arrive by early evening.
• Pair with a morning on Miyajima — the ferry leaves from the same port area.