Makuhari Beach Fireworks Festa 2026 Confirmed

幕張ビーチ花火フェスタ(千葉市民花火大会) — Chiba (Kanto)

Makuhari Beach Fireworks Festa fires one of the largest shell counts in Japan — around 24,000 in 2026, boosted for Chiba's 900th anniversary — over an artificial beach beside the Makuhari Messe convention district. The program leans modern: heavy music synchronization, wide starmine walls over Tokyo Bay, and a skyline backdrop instead of a river valley.

Background

Chiba City's fireworks festival relocated to Makuhari Beach in 2014 and rebranded as a beach festa, growing into the Kanto region's highest-volume show.

Getting there

The beach is about 15 minutes on foot from Kaihin-Makuhari Station (JR Keiyo Line, about 30 minutes from Tokyo Station). Follow the one-way crowd routes past Makuhari Messe.

Tips

• Most of the beach is paid seating; the free zones sit further back in the park — for the full bayfront effect, tickets are worth it.
• The Keiyo Line suspends for weather more readily than most Tokyo lines; on a windy day check operations before departing.
• Sea breeze makes this cooler than inland festivals — pleasant, but bring a windbreaker.
• Book seats early in anniversary year 2026; the enlarged program will sell faster than usual.