Reserved seats Sumida and Tokyo Bay fireworks

Hello. I have heard that it is possible to reserve a seat for these firework displays? Does anyone know how to do so from outside Japan? Is it something that I could ask my hotel (in Shinjuku) to try to do for me? Thank you.

You can sit there from 1 a.m. of the fireworks day. This is only the way you can do. The fireworks begin(normally) 19:05, ends at 20:30. So you need to sit and wait for 19 hours until its begin. It's illegal and take away if you keep the space for seating in advance by Police. Your hotel won't help you at all. This is because they need to sit and wait a space for you 19 hours.....

They have reserved seating (for a fee), but I believe the application for them has closed already for this year.

Sorry the one for Sumida is already past the application due date, but the one for Tokyo Bay seems to be still available. If you have a way to get someone in Japan to buy from Pia (ticket agency) you might have a chance. (The reason why it has to be someone in Japan is because you need to go to a Pia ticketing counter/machine to pick up the tickets soon after booking.)


http://t2.pia.jp/feature/event/tkhanab08/tkhanabi08.html

Thank you! I don't know anyone in Japan, but I've contacted the hotel and I guess I'll have to wait and see if they can help. Otherwise, I'll just try my luck with a million other people trying to get a view on the day. :)

Tokyo Bay and Jingu Stadium fireworks can be purchased pre-booking seating but there is no pre-booking seating Sumida river fireworks.
The most area of sumida river side walks are ketpt as restricted area. You can't even stop and see. Police and arm guards keep saying "Don't stop, Keep walking".