By TSUTOMU YAMATANI/ Staff Writer
June 8, 2022 at 08:00 JST
Fireworks light up the sky in Daisen, Akita Prefecture, during the All-Japan National Fireworks Competition on Aug. 31, 2019. (Tsutomu Yamatani)
DAISEN, Akita Prefecture--The All-Japan National Fireworks Competition will be held in a riverside area here on Aug. 27 for the first time in three years, the executive committee announced.
The event, more commonly known as the Omagari fireworks festival, takes place along the Omonogawa river and features pyrotechnicians from 28 fireworks production companies around the country.
The committee will introduce measures to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus in accordance with central government guidelines for large-scale events.
Visitors will have to go through checks at the entrance to ensure they are wearing masks and taking other precautions.
Balcony seats will be omitted from prepaid viewing seats to prevent visitors from being in confined and crowded spaces.
The number of seats will be about 110,000, or about 60 percent of the full capacity of about 180,000, to keep some distance between each viewer.
There will be no street stalls.
Daisen Mayor Hiroyuki Oimatsu told a news conference that the committee on May 17 unanimously approved his suggestion that the city host the fireworks event this year.
Tickets will be sold on-site from July 3 and online from July 11.
For more details, visit the official website at (https://www.oomagari-hanabi.com/).
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