It’s Kitakyushu’s largest festival! The Wasshoi Hyakuman Summer Festival includes dancers, stalls, and a parade with a marching band. Festivities close with a stunning fireworks finale, this year together with music and lasers, over Kokura Castle. Before the fireworks display, all nearby houses are asked to switch off their lights, to send a message about energy conservation, as well as to make the fireworks even more beautiful in the dark night sky. Join the famous tradition of cleaning the area together with the locals after the fireworks finish.
• Festival: 8/4 (Sat.), 8/5 (Sun.), Fireworks: 8/5 (Sun.) 20:10~20:50 *Cancelled in case of bad weather
• Free
• Approx. 3,000 fireworks
• Katsuyama Park, Kokurakita-ku, Kitakyushu City
• 5 min. from JR Nishikokura Sta. or Kitakyushu Monorail Heiwadori Sta., 10 min from JR Kokura Sta.
• 093-541-5472
• http://www.wasshoi.info
