Shockingly, Beniya Aoki is actually the youngest company taking part in the festival, as the other Japanese fireworks producers will be Yamanashi’s Saiki, Aichi’s Isogai, and Gunma’s Kikuya Obata, ...

Pyrotechnics designer Hiroyuki Hirose is gearing up for the Sumida River Fireworks Festival in Tokyo ... The Tsuchiura All-Japan Fireworks Competition will take place on Nov. 4 in Ibaraki Prefecture.

Prior to the festival, Team Omagari will make its debut at the International Fireworks Competition to be held in Montreal this summer to represent Japan. The team comprises four local companies ...

the autumn festival of Karatsu Jinja Shinto shrine in this southwest Japan city. With a signal of fireworks, the floats, including a red lion, samurai helmet and sea bream, weighing 2 to 4 metric ...