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  software_name   = Firework Thrower Kantaro's 53 Stations of the Tōkaidō|
  software_image  = [[File:Firework Thrower Kantaro's 53 Stations of the Tōkaidō cover.png|310px]]|
  developer       = [[Tose]]|
  publisher       = [[Sunsoft]]<br />[[Media Kite]] (''Classic Games'' and re-release)<br />[[D4 Enterprise]] ([[ProjectEGG]])|
  systems         = [[Family Computer]], [[Nintendo 3DS]], [[PS1]], [[Nintendo Switch|Switch]], [[Windows]]|
  release         = '''Family Computer'''<br />Japan: July 3, 1986<br />'''Windows'''<br />Japan (''[[Ultra 2000 Sunsoft Classic Games Vol. 2|Sunsoft Classic Games 2]]''): June 29, 2001<br />Japan ([[Project EGG]]): March 30, 2010<br />Japan (''[[Enjoyable Sunsoft Masterpiece Selection Vol. 2|Masterpiece Selection 2]]''): July 2, 2004<br />Japan (''[[Sunsoft is Back! Retro Game Selection|Retro Game Selection]]'': April 17, 2024<br />WW (''[[Sunsoft is Back! Retro Game Selection|Retro Game Selection]]'': September 6, 2024<br />'''PlayStation (''[[Memorial☆Series Sunsoft Vol. 3|Memorial☆Series Vol. 3]]'')'''<br />Japan: December 27, 2001<br />'''Mobile phones ([[DoJa]])'''<br />Japan: September 19, 2003<br />'''PS3, PSP ([[PSOne Classics]])'''<br />Japan: September 27, 2007<br />'''Wii ([[Virtual Console]])'''<br />Japan: October 14, 2008<br />'''Nintendo 3DS ([[Virtual Console]])'''<br />Japan: September 18, 2013<br />'''Wii U ([[Virtual Console]])'''<br />Japan: October 7, 2015<br />'''Switch (''[[Sunsoft is Back! Retro Game Selection|Retro Game Selection]]'')'''<br />Japan: April 18, 2024<br />Worldwide: September 6, 2024|
  added_to_museum = Windows (''[[Sunsoft is Back! Retro Game Selection|Retro Game Selection]]''): April 17, 2024<br />Unofficial fan translation: May 12, 2024|
}}
'''''Firework Thrower Kantaro's 53 Stations of the Tōkaidō''''' ('''''かんしゃく玉投げカン太郎の東海道五十三次''''', '''''Kanshaku tamanage Kantarō no Tōkaidō Gojūsan-tsugi''''') is an action [[video game]] developed and published by [[Sunsoft]].

==Versions==
''Firework Thrower Kantaro's 53 Stations of the Tōkaidō'' was originally released for [[Family Computer]] in Japan on July 3, [[1986]].

It was later bundled with ''[[Ikki]]''  for [[Windows]] in ''[[Ultra 2000 Sunsoft Classic Games Vol. 2]]'' on June 29, [[2001]] and in its budget re-release ''[[Enjoyable Sunsoft Masterpiece Selection Vol. 2]]'' on July 2, [[2004]].

A bundle with ''[[The Wing of Madoola]]'' was released in ''[[Memorial☆Series Sunsoft Vol. 3]]'' for [[PlayStation (video game console)|PlayStation]] in Japan on December 27, [[2001]].

An enhanced port for [[feature phone]]s developed in [[DoJa]] was released in Japan on September 19, [[2003]].

The PlayStation compilation including the game was released on [[PSOne Classics]] for [[PlayStation 3]] and [[PlayStation Portable]] in Japan on September 27, [[2007]].

The Family Computer version of ''Firework Thrower Kantaro's 53 Stations of the Tōkaidō'' was released on [[Virtual Console]] for [[Wii]] in Japan on October 14, [[2008]], on Windows in Japan for [[Project EGG]] on March 30, [[2010]], on Virtual Console for [[Nintendo 3DS]] in Japan on September 18, 2013, and on Virtual Console for [[Wii U]] on October 7, [[2015]].

It was released in Japan on Windows in ''[[Sunsoft is Back! Retro Game Selection]]'' on April 17, [[2024]]. The games in the compilation, which also included ''[[Ripple Island]]'' and ''[[The Wing of Madoola]]'', were released in English for the first time on September 6, 2024. The compilation was also released on [[Nintendo Switch]] in Japan on April 18, 2024 and worldwide on September 6, 2024.

==Fan translation==
On July 3, [[2005]], a group named [[KingMike's Translations]] released an English fan translation of the game as ''Kantaro the Pyro's Journey Across the Toukaido''.

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