There was the 32nd Sumida gawa hanabi taikai(隅田川花火大会), the fireworks festival at the Sumida River, which is one of the three biggest fireworks festivals in Tokyo. Hanabi (花火), literally means flower fire. This festival is held on the last Saturday of July every year from 19:00 to 20:30.
There are two sites where the fireworks were shot off and the contests which 10 companies attended. The first prize was awarded to Beniya Aoki enkaten(紅屋青木煙火店) for Hanabi Big Bang. They got yen1,000,000.
Usually 20,000 fireworks were shot off at this occasion, but this year there were 21,500 fireworks to promote the invitation for the Tokyo Olympics in 2016. There were 948,000 spectators. I watched the festival on TV.
Japanese fireworks festivals are so nice. Many people go to see them wearing summer casual kimono called yukata (浴衣). Many men wear jinbei (甚平) too.
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