Every year on the first Saturday of August, Ushimado celebrates its biggest annual festival! The marina is full of yatais (food stands) from which you can grab all sorts of delicious Japanese festival food from yaki soba, karaage, takoyaki and a few other surprises, as well as people walking about in their yukata (summer kimono) with their significant other or their entire family.

Both modern and traditional music is being played, the best part being the impressive taiko (drum) demonstration! But everything comes to a stall when the first fireworks illuminate Ushimado bay. Everyone goes silent and watches in awe the display of colours above the surface of the Seto Inland Sea.