It was another hot day. In the night I went to see the fireworks festival in Miurakaigan (三浦海岸). It is the 30th anniversary. It was supposed to start at 7:30 pm and end at 8:30 pm, but it started a little bit late and ends a little bit early. I wanted to take the video of the climax but I thought we had more and missed taking the video. The climax was very beautiful. The 30th anniversary's special version was also nice. Here attached some parts. I hope you enjoy.
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
Monday, August 2, 2010
八月二日（hachigatsu futsuka）： August 2
It was very hot again.
Another big festival in Tohoku (東北) started today. That is Aomori Nebuta Matsuri (青森ねぶた祭り). It will last until 7th and is estimated to attract about 3 million spectators.
http://www.nebuta.or.jp/english/index_e.htm
In Nagaoka, Niigata(新潟県長岡市：niigata ken nagaoka shi), there was Nagaoka Matsuri (長岡祭り) with fireworks festival. There will be fireworks festival tomorrow too. With those two days about 20,000 fireworks will be shot off.
Nagaoka fireworks festival is one of the three biggest fireworks competitions in Japan.
Fireworks is hanabi (花火) in Japanese. Hana (花) means flower and bi (火) means fire. Beautiful name, isn't it?
Another big festival in Tohoku (東北) started today. That is Aomori Nebuta Matsuri (青森ねぶた祭り). It will last until 7th and is estimated to attract about 3 million spectators.
http://www.nebuta.or.jp/english/index_e.htm
In Nagaoka, Niigata(新潟県長岡市：niigata ken nagaoka shi), there was Nagaoka Matsuri (長岡祭り) with fireworks festival. There will be fireworks festival tomorrow too. With those two days about 20,000 fireworks will be shot off.
Nagaoka fireworks festival is one of the three biggest fireworks competitions in Japan.
Fireworks is hanabi (花火) in Japanese. Hana (花) means flower and bi (火) means fire. Beautiful name, isn't it?
Sunday, August 1, 2010
八月一日（hachigatsu tsuitachi）： August 1
A new month has just started. August is hachigatsu (八月) in Japanese. The old name is hazuki (葉月), literally leaf month.
For students it is a time of the summer vacation. For adults they can take some days off around the middle of the month at the time of obon (お盆), the Bon Festival.
It is a time of summer festivals. There are five or six big festivals in Tohoku (東北) area. Among them two of them started today. One of them is Sansa odori(さんさ踊り) in Morioka (盛岡) which started in 1978.
http://www.sansaodori.jp/pdf/sansa_english.pdf
The other is Hirosaki Neputa matsuri(弘前ねぷた祭り) which is supposed to attract about 1,500,000 to 1,600,000 visitors.
For students it is a time of the summer vacation. For adults they can take some days off around the middle of the month at the time of obon (お盆), the Bon Festival.
It is a time of summer festivals. There are five or six big festivals in Tohoku (東北) area. Among them two of them started today. One of them is Sansa odori(さんさ踊り) in Morioka (盛岡) which started in 1978.
http://www.sansaodori.jp/pdf/sansa_english.pdf
The other is Hirosaki Neputa matsuri(弘前ねぷた祭り) which is supposed to attract about 1,500,000 to 1,600,000 visitors.
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