The beach in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture will open for the first time in 11 years on 7/15|Crowdfunding for fireworks display
FIRE WORKS, a fireworks company in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, has started crowdfunding on Saturday, July 15, with the goal of raising 500,000 yen for the fireworks display to be held on the same day and Sunday, August 15, on the occasion of the opening of the sea for the first time in 11 years. Registration will be accepted until Sunday, August 22.
The crowdfunding target amount is 500,000 yen. 10 types of returns for 3,000 yen ~ 100,000 yen support. Thank you emails, photos of the day, original candles, etc. The funds will be used for fireworks, personnel costs, application costs, security costs, etc. Regardless of the target amount being achieved, the amount of money collected is funded.
Takada-Matsubara Beach, located in Hirota Bay, which borders Iwate and Miyagi prefectures, was visited by up to 50,000 people a day in the summer before the earthquake, and about 1 million tourists a year. Fireworks at sea were a summer tradition. About 90% of the beaches were destroyed by the earthquake. The subsequent regeneration of the beach was completed in 2019. In May of this year, about 40,000 trees were planted in contrast to the 70,000 bamboo trees in Takada Matsubara that had disappeared. As a result of these developments, it was decided to open the beach to the sea.
The marine fireworks display will be held by local businesses and executive committees such as FIREWORKS.
