This article introduces how to securely get tickets to the Nagaoka Fireworks Festival without the need for a lottery.
If you would like to know the highlights and overview of the Nagaoka Fireworks Festival, please refer to the article below.
The Nagaoka Fireworks Festival is counted as one of the three major fireworks festivals in Japan and is a very popular fireworks festival. Held on August 2nd and 3rd every year, in the past he has had over 1 million visitors over the two days.
Starting from the Nagaoka Fireworks Festival in 2023, there will no longer be a free area, and tickets will be limited as all seats will have to be paid. Tickets for the Nagaoka Fireworks Festival can be obtained through a lottery, which makes it very competitive and extremely difficult to obtain tickets.
Furthermore, there are several issues that need to be overcome even if you can get tickets, such as avoiding crowds around the venue on the day of the event and the rising cost of lodging at hotels in the area.
Please refer to the following articles for information on these actual situations, problems, and ways to resolve them.
This time, I will show you how to get better without worrying about these problems at all, and how to get tickets without the need for a lottery.
Among the seats that can be won through the general lottery for the Nagaoka Fireworks Festival, the most popular seats are the mass seats on the Nagaoka Station side (venue A).
Seating - Nagaoka Fireworks Official Website (Nagaoka Fireworks Foundation)
Because it is located in the center of the fireworks venue, you can clearly see all of Nagaoka’s famous fireworks, including the Phoenix, the Niagara Star Mine, and the Sanshaku Dama.
Especially at the Nagaoka Fireworks Festival, fireworks are set off over a 2km area, so if you sit in the mass seats located in the center of the venue, you can experience so many fireworks that spread out so large that you can’t see them all.
As you can see in this photo, it is truly impressive.
Take advantage of the Nagaoka Fireworks Tour. This is how you can watch fireworks from the popular bleachers. You no longer have to worry about highly competitive ticket purchases or finding parking on the day.
At the Nagaoka Fireworks Festival, travel agencies are sponsors or partners, and seats are reserved in advance for travel agencies.
Travel agencies sell pre-reserved seats as tour products. In other words, if you apply for a tour with a travel agency, you will be guaranteed a seat in the audience and will not have to worry about transportation to the venue. That’s why.
Popular seats such as mass seats are highly competitive, so whether or not you can get a ticket is completely up to chance, but if you apply for the tour, you’ll be able to get a seat where you can watch the fireworks from the best location without having to draw a lottery ticket. can be secured with.
So, what kind of Nagaoka fireworks tours are there?
Currently, the following travel agencies are selling tours to the Nagaoka Fireworks Festival. (Jump to each special feature page)
By the way, JTB is Japan’s largest travel agency.
JTB also sponsors the Nagaoka Fireworks Festival, ensuring good seats every year. In particular, we secure seats on houseboats, which are said to be the most difficult to secure and do not appear in the general lottery.
Houseboats have a small number of seats each year, and are first come, first served, making them the premier seats of the best. If you sign up for a JTB tour, you can secure seats like this that are never available to the general public.
https://www.nagaokahanabi.jp/hanabi/
We will compare tours from numerous travel agencies and introduce the most cost-effective tour that will allow you to enjoy the Nagaoka Fireworks Festival from popular seats.
It is Club Tourism's Nagaoka Festival Grand Fireworks Tour.
Among them, the most cost-effective tour is ”Watching Nagaoka Fireworks from the mass seats on the Nagaoka Station side. Naeba Onsen Naeba Prince Hotel(2 days).”
Prices are below.
| Adult (1 person) | Child (1 person) | Infant (1 person) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 room per person | 74,900 yen | - | - |
| 2 people 1 room | 62,900 yen | 59,900 yen | 10,000 yen |
| 3 people 1 room | 59,900 yen | 56,900 yen | 10,000 yen |
For example, if one adult participates, the cost is 74,900 yen, and if two adults participate, it costs 62,900 yen per person.
Check out the itinerary for this tour. The travel itinerary is below.
The accommodations and transportation included in this itinerary are as follows.
The prices for each of these are estimated separately below.
| item | price | remarks |
|---|---|---|
| Shinkansen (Tokyo - Nagaoka) | 11,000 yen | Outward journey |
| Shinkansen (Takasaki - Tokyo) | 7,000 yen | Return trip |
| Shinkansen (Nagaoka - Echigo Yuzawa) | 5,200 yen | Ride after the Nagaoka Fireworks Festival |
| Nagaoka station side mass seats | 8,000 yen | The mass seat is 32,000 yen per space.Assuming that 4 people are using the space with a capacity of 6 people, it is calculated at 8,000 yen per person. |
| Naeba Prince Hotel (breakfast included) | 30,000 yen | Two days at the Nagaoka Fireworks Festival actually cost more than this. |
| Naeba Prince Hotel - Echigo Yuzawa Station shuttle bus | 1,400 yen | Round trip fee |
| Bus from Echigo Yuzawa Kanko to Takasaki Station | 6,900 yen | |
| total | 69,500 yen |
So far, you can see that the minimum cost is 69,500 yen.
Let’s check again.
The cost is 74,900 yen for one adult, and 62,900 yen for two adults.
The difference between each is as follows.
| 1 adult participating | 74,900 - 69,500 = 5,400 yen |
|---|---|
| 2 adults participating | 1 person 62,900 - 69,500 = -6,600 yen |
In other words, in terms of price, it’s definitely a good deal if two adults participate (he saves 6,600 yen compared to planning the same itinerary individually). Even if only one adult participates, it’s quite reasonable (roughly estimated minimum cost + 5,400 yen).
If you take into account the fact that you are guaranteed to get a popular mass seat, this tour can be said to be a very cost-effective tour.
If you try to plan and prepare everything for the Nagaoka Fireworks Festival by yourself, there are many problems to overcome.
With the introduction of fully paid seats, the number of seats has decreased, making it the most difficult lottery for tickets, first-come-first-serve competition for parking, and the rising cost of lodging at nearby hotels.
However, if you sign up for a tour, that problem can be solved. As we saw earlier, there are actually tours that do not differ significantly in cost.
Best of all, you can secure popular seats without having to draw a lottery.
I’ve been to the Nagaoka Fireworks Festival by various means, but the tour is by far the easiest and the best. In particular, it’s really great for me mentally to not have to worry about losing the ticket lottery.
In particular, from 2023, seats at the venue will be completely paid, and the free area that used to be there will no longer be available. In other words, if you miss the lottery, you will not be able to watch the fireworks at the venue.
Nagaoka Fireworks Festival is one of Japan’s three major fireworks festivals. If you want to be sure to get a coveted seat, consider a tour.
