Sado no Bon "Shishigajo Matsuri" （8.11 (tentative)）

A summer festival in Sawata featuring the popular "Firework Fantasy" display synchronised to music

Held in the Sawata area, Sado no Bon "Shishigajo Matsuri" is a festival featuring a mikoshi (portable shrine) parade carried by children, Bon dancing and Ondeko deity mask dance, among others. (Bon is the time when the spirits of the ancestors return home.) The fireworks show set to music, "Firework Fantasy," is popular for the dynamics of launching at close range. Fireworks are set off in rhythmical patterns in sync with a wide range of music.

Date: 2026. 8. 11 　 (tentative)

time: 16:30-22:30

Event site: The Kawaharada Honmachi town area, Kawaharada Elementary School playground

Address: 279 Kawaharada Honmachi Sado, Niigata 952-1314

Contact Information

Sado no Bon Shishigajo Matsuri Committee (Sawata Society of Commerce and Industry)

TEL : 0259-52-3148

Fees: free

Transport Access: Ryotsu Port Approx 35minutes by car

Nearest bus stop: Kawaharada Honmachi （Honsen [Main Line]） Approx. 3 minutes on foot from bus stop

Parking: Available

Other: Main Venue (Kawarada Elementary School Ground)] Onidaiko, Hula Dance, Street Dance, Bon Dance (Nagisa-kai) [Coast Street (in front of Kawarada Ground)] Waka Shishi Kai, Children's Mikoshi [Sunset Live Sawada] Venue: Sawada Beach Parking Lot Contact 0259 58 7178