Latest Events in Hakodate(August Updated)

From July to November 2025, YOASOBI will start its first domestic tour with 40 performances in 14 counties across the country. This is the first Hall tour in the country for YOASOBI.

The 18th Hakodate International Folk Art Festival (Hakodate City), a major summer event in the international city of Hakodate. The International Folk Art Festival held in Hakodate Motomachi Park has attracted more than 2,400 artists from 57 countries and regions to date. Folk art groups from all over the world stay in Hakodate for a long time, performing music, dance and street performances. The Mogu Mogu Festival, which brings together food and sundries from all over the world, is also held. There are many internationally themed shops lined up.

At 19:45 on the evening of August 1, 2025, the Green Island of Hakodate Port ushered in a unique fireworks festival - the "166th Anniversary of the Opening of Hakodate Port and the 70th Mishin Fireworks Festival". As night slowly falls over Hokkaido Bay, huge star-shaped fireworks are first launched into the sky, followed by six chapters of performances, from wide star trails to underwater flame waterfalls. Each explosion causes golden ripples in the reflection of the harbor. In an instant, the city lights and flames intertwined, dressing the ancient port capital in a glittering and colorful attire.

The fireworks festival on the day of the sea tells everyone that the summer of Daonan is coming, and the co-performance of fireworks and music will bring everyone a happy summer atmosphere every year. The perfect combination of fireworks in the sky and fireworks reflected on the dark sea surface adds to the beauty of the sun of the sea. Fireworks on land and water are flying in the sky above Hakodate under the deposit of music, which is a rare sight to see.

As part of the 2025 Hakodate Winter Festival, the following will be held from November 30, 2024 (Saturday) to February 28, 2025 (Friday), so stay tuned! ■Hakodate Illumination ■Hakodate Winter Fireworks February 1 (sat), 8 (sat), 15, 2025 (Soil), 4 chapters on the 22nd (Soil) [Time] 20:00~ (about 10 minutes)—————————— ■ Illumination in front of Hakodate Station