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A makeshift stand for the riverbed is set up in the Miyagawa, and the members of the Hida Takayama Tezutsu group hold the fireworks they have prepared in bamboo bottles by hand, and launch them while they are bathed in fire powder. Both the launch person and the viewer are launched with the hope of being able to fall. Before the launch, a total of about 40 people from Hida Takayama Tezukumi held a safety prayer festival at Sakurayama Hachiman-gū, and then moved to the launch site while parading a lantern with a singing song through Omotesando.

"Ibaraki Kōten Fireworks Festival", which is familiar as a summer wind poem in the Hokusetsu area of Osaka. Many people from outside the city visit the festival of lights that color the summer night sky. On the day there are no street stalls or stalls (except for some), so bring enough drinking water to prevent heat stroke and come. Image courtesy: Zengtian Public Affairs Section

About 10,000 fireworks are launched one after another from the port of Ōtsu, which vividly colors the lake surface. As the summer wind poem of Lake Biwa, it is one of the nation's leading fireworks displays with crowds of around 300,000 people every year. There is no parking lot for the tournament, and the area around the venue on the day of the tournament is very crowded, so use of public transport. Image courtesy of Biwako Visitors Bureau

A festival that is crowded with bamboo decorations and street vendors, and is held with the purpose of becoming a festival that will lead to the spirit of the citizens.

The festival, one of the largest in the island, is a festival of children and the sea that began with the opening celebration of the port of Ryotsu about 120 years ago. There are a variety of events, including a children's float parade, a demon drum, and a folk music stream.

This festival, one of the largest in the island, began with the celebration of the opening of the port of Ryotsu in 1898. During the last day of the fireworks display, you can enjoy powerful fireworks such as star mines and underwater flowers.

On August 7, lanterns in the shape of a royal general gather in front of Hanawa Station, and on August 8, the lighthouse is set on fire at Inamura Bridge, and fireworks are set up while a large drum is set on fire. Image courtesy: Garnish Festival Committee

Aomori Nebuta, a traditional event that continues from the time of Date Masamune at one of the three major festivals in the Tohoku area, alongside Akita Kōzoku. An elaborate bamboo ornament will be displayed throughout the city, including the central shopping street that runs from Sendai Station. Image courtesy:(C) Sendai Tanabata Festival

About 30 plush bamboo decorations will be decorated over about 500m in the shopping district, and a bamboo decoration competition will be held. Uchiko's summer wind poem, which also includes a sasa dance. Speaking of Uchiko, there are beautiful towns, Kami-Yoshiga's residence, Uchiko-za, etc. that remember the history that once flourished with wood wax.

The floats, known as "tachi-neputa", have a maximum height of about 23m and weigh about 19 tons, equivalent to a seven-story building. At the festival, about 15 units, including the large-sized Neputa, which is displayed at the "Tatenebu-no-Uta", and the small and medium-sized Neputa, which are made in the town, schools, and hobbyists, are milling around the city under the influence of "Yatte Maleyatte Marais". The power of "tachenepuata", which is illuminated by the dashing good Oiko and grace, is a must. Image courtesy of Goshokawara City