Aaron and I were invited by a very nice Japanese couple to attend an awesome fireworks display in the city of Okazaki. We sat on a tatami mat right along the river, dined on sushi rolls and other delights, drank a few Asahi, and watched the show. We have never seen such a show. They take their fireworks, known as hanabi, very seriously here! My pictures don't do these justice at all and we forgot to bring the video camera.
This next picture shows a sign, but the sign is done in fireworks. They call it art fireworks, there were signs, advertisements, moving features, and some were even lit by arrow!
They also had all kinds of shapes and colors. Some of the fireworks almost looked the planets with their rings. There were also smiley face fireworks, and I heard a rumor that sometimes there is a Hello Kitty firework!
There were a couple other fireworks that I didn't catch on camera. They had goldfish fireworks, which were little fireworks that somehow floated on the water. There was the Niagara Falls display, which was a whole series of 100 fireworks that looked like a waterfall. There were 20,000 fireworks, so the show lasted about 2.5 hours. We definitely recommend attending a hanabi festival if you're ever in Japan in the summer!
We also found The American Bar here in Toyota City that weekend. They have jalapenos, Corona, and ladies drink specials! We are seriously excited about this development.
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