• Nagasaki Lantern Festival

    During Lunar New Year celebration period, approximately 15,000 colorful lanterns illuminate the former Chinese settlement and Shinchi Chinatown area, with dragon dances and Chinese acrobatics coloring the streets.

  • Nagasaki Kunchi

    Autumn grand festival of Suwa Shrine continuing over 380 years. Gorgeous dragon boats and whale-pulling performances displayed throughout downtown areas, designated National Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property.

  • Huis Ten Bosch World Fireworks Master Competition Final

    Large-scale fireworks where pyrotechnicians from around the world compete. Spectacular 90 minutes including music-synchronized fireworks and rapid-fire 1-shaku shells.