The Sumida River Fireworks Festival takes place July 29 in Tokyo ... The Tsuchiura All-Japan Fireworks Competition will take place on Nov. 4 in Ibaraki Prefecture.

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, ...

Akita Prefecture--Billed as one of the most exciting nighttime events in Japan, the Omagari fireworks festival to be held here April 27 will close this year with a display by a U.S. company.

The festival, which is one of the largest celebrations of the iconic cherry blossom trees in the United States, is just over a week away.