Hanabi Festival
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Recently we went to a hanabi (fireworks) festival that just blew me away. Japan is big on fireworks (you can buy them at convenience stores everywhere) and festivals are no exception. For this one, they set off 15000 fireworks over a preiod of about 90 minutes! The sheer number of fireworks was impressive, but the artisty and variety were also amazing. There were many types I'd never seen before, including some that exploded into special shapes, like hearts, smiley faces, and hourglasses! This fireworks video was taken from my mobile phone which I was testing out.
posted by Ben at 1:44 am
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Rhys and I saw our first festival fireworks from afar. We were sick and so had missed the Gion festival, much to my disappointment. On the way up the stairs to our apartment, we noticed fireworks in the not-so distance. We stopped on a landing to watch them before we realised that, unlike Australian fireworks, they were just going to keep going and going... so we went inside, made ourselves comfy on the couch and watched them from the window. We saw hearts and smiley faces and oohed and ahhed - and actually meant it.... and we were four cities away!!!!
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