Every year, over 700,000 fireworks fans flock to Akita Prefecture’s Daisen City for one of the most renowned fireworks festivals in the country. Join thousands of other attendees as you marvel at the best that Japanese fireworks companies have to offer. Fireworks have a long history in Akita. Textual and visual evidence from the early 19th century depicts locals attending displays around the Maruko River. The Omagari Fireworks Festival has roots in a 1910 competition organized by Suwa Shrine. At this event, fireworks producers from around the Tohoku area gathered to showcase their products and…