Nagaoka Fireworks: There's still time to enjoy the special seats and share the wish for reconstruction! Fireworks Phoenix for Recovery" for the summer vacation memories of a lifetime on the Joetsu Shinkansen ～The 20th anniversary of the "Fireworks Phoenix" is also the 20th anniversary of the Noto Fireworks, Crowdfunding is underway!

Network Phoenix (Nagaoka City, Niigata Prefecture; Representative Director: Kunio Ohara), a non-profit organization active in Nagaoka City, Niigata Prefecture, has launched a project to raise funds to sponsor "Fireworks for Recovery Phoenix 2024" through crowdfunding. The purpose of this project is to support "Fireworks for Recovery Phoenix", which was created for the recovery from the 2004 Niigata Chuetsu Earthquake, and to pass on its significance to the next generation.

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https://camp-fire.jp/projects/752821/

Background and Significance of the Project

Network Phoenix, a non-profit organization, started its activities immediately after the Chuetsu Earthquake in 2004, and launched the "Fireworks Phoenix" for the first time in August 2005 at the Nagaoka Festival Fireworks Festival. This event is one of the "Three Great Fireworks Festivals in Japan," and it was quite natural for us to hold this event since it originated from the "Nagaoka Reconstruction Festival" held the following year to pray for the reconstruction of the city and to honor the souls of those who died in the air raid on Nagaoka on August 1, 1945. Since then, every summer, our members who normally have other jobs participate in the festival as volunteers, and we have continued our activities to convey the significance of the festival to the next generation of children who do not know about the disaster.

This year marks the 20th anniversary of the "Fireworks for Recovery Prayer Phoenix," which will be launched as a "Noto Support Special Version" to wish for the recovery of the Noto Peninsula Earthquake. At the beginning of the festival, music fireworks using "Marezora," Noto's reconstruction melody, will be launched, followed by a full 5-minute version of the Phoenix fireworks. This special fireworks display, together with "Mamazora" sung by the children of the Nagaoka Boys and Girls Choir, will bring cheer to the people of Noto by inviting the audience to sing along with them.

This year's tickets are even more platinum than usual, and it is already difficult to make reservations for local accommodations, but if you are in the Tokyo metropolitan area, it is possible to take the Joetsu Shinkansen and make a one-way trip in about two hours.

What is "Fireworks Phoenix"?

■Purpose of the project

In this crowdfunding project, we will raise sponsorship funds to realize a fireworks display suitable for the 20th anniversary of the earthquake. The sponsorship money will be used to cover the cost of producing a special version of the fireworks to support Noto and the cost of setting up and operating the "Phoenix Seats," special viewing seats for the Nagaoka Fireworks at the venue.

Social Background: The Nagaoka Festival Fireworks Festival, ranked No. 1 in terms of satisfaction, will go platinum in 2024.

According to a survey of 121 men and women across Japan conducted by minet, Inc., operator of "Fireworks Festival INFO," the Nagaoka Matsuri Grand Fireworks Festival (Niigata Prefecture) ranked first in the "Best Fireworks Festival" list, ahead of the Lake Biwa Grand Fireworks Festival (Shiga Prefecture) in second place and the Naniwa Yodogawa Fireworks Festival (Osaka Prefecture) in third. The 2024 festival will be held on a weekend, which means that the lottery odds are even higher than in previous years, and platinum tickets are becoming more common.

Source: minet Inc. press release

https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000011.000111249.html

Crowdfunding Details

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https://camp-fire.jp/projects/752821/

<Schedule

June 10, 2024: Project start

July 10, 2024: Crowdfunding ends, return shipping begins

August 2-3, 2024: Nagaoka Festival Fireworks Festival

<Crowdfunding return items (some of them)

・8/2(Fri.)・8/2 Phoenix Cheering Table Seats (Max. 2 people/60,000 yen)

You will be able to see the 2km-wide "Phoenix Fireworks for Reconstruction" at the Nagaoka Festival Fireworks Festival on August 2.

8/3 (Sat.) Phoenix Cheering Table Seats (Max. 2 persons / 60,000 yen)

You can see the full view of "Fireworks Phoenix" of 2km in width at Nagaoka Festival Fireworks Festival on Aug. 3.

8/2 (Fri.) Phoenix Cheering Table Seats (Max. 1 person/30,000 yen)

You can see the full view of "Fireworks Phoenix" of 2km in width at Nagaoka Festival Fireworks Festival on Aug. 2.

8/3 (Sat.) Phoenix Cheering Table Seats (Max. 1 person / 30,000 yen)

You can see the full view of "Fireworks Phoenix" of 2km in width at the Nagaoka Festival Fireworks Festival on August 3.

Set of 2 original fans (3,000 yen)

Wajima's specialty, a lacquered bamboo stick (20,000 yen)

Future Prospects

Twenty years have passed since the Niigata Chuetsu Earthquake, and sponsorships have been decreasing year by year. We consider this decrease in sponsorship as "fading memory of the Chuetsu Earthquake" and have a sense of crisis. people under 20 years old have already lost their actual experience of the earthquake, and more and more people do not know the significance of the earthquake. Through the Phoenix Fireworks, we hope to convey the significance of this event to future generations and encourage them to support us.

We look forward to your support. Together, let's make "Fireworks for Recovery Phoenix 2024" a success and send courage to all those who are trying to recover from the disaster.

Organization: NPO Network Phoenix

Location: RitzCR Building, 1-5-9 Otedori, Nagaoka-shi, Niigata 940-0062

Home Page ： http://npo-phoenix.jp

E-mail ： info@npo-phoenix.jp