Events:
Cherry Blossom Forecast 2024
https://www.japan-guide.com/sakura/
https://weathernews.jp/sakura/ (Japanese version only)  
https://tenki.jp/sakura/expectation/ (Japanese version only)
https://www.otenki.jp/sp/art/sakura/ (Japanese version only)

when and where to see cherry blossoms (Japanese version only):
https://hanami.walkerplus.com/
https://sp.jorudan.co.jp/hanami/
https://www.jalan.net/theme/sakura/

Saturday, August 10, 2013

fireworks festivals (3)

It's brutally hot. We have been lacking sleep lately because of the heat. Shimanto City in Kochi Prefecture eached 40.7 degrees Celsius on the 10th.

Kumagaya is known for being one of the hottest areas in summer in Japan.
Kumagaya City in Saitama Prefecture and Tajimi City in Gifu Prefecture reached 40.9 degrees Celsius, the highest temperature in Japan in August 2007.

熊谷花火大会
熊谷花火大会 by w00kie /flickr

The 64th Kumagaya Fireworks Display
(あついぞ!熊谷 第64回熊谷花火大会)
Kumagaya City, Saitama Prefecture
August 10, 19:00〜21:00
10,000 fireworks







LIGHT UP NIPPON 2013
http://lightupnippon.jp/ (Japanese version only)
August 11, 19:00〜22:00
15 venues in Iwate, Miyagi, Fukushima prefectures

This event started to cheer up victims of the Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011. Fireworks will be launced at 15 venues in Iwate, Miyagi, Fukushima prefectures. In Tohoku Region, several fireworks festivals have not been held after the quake.

photo by 北海道無料写真素材集 Do Photo

Kachimai Fireworks(勝毎花火大会)
Obihiro City, Hokkaido
August 13, 19:30〜20:45
20,000 fireworks











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DSCF0570 by HIRAOKA,Yasunobu /flickr

Yaizu Seaside Firework Festival
(第38回焼津海上花火大会)
Yaizu City, Shizuoka Prefecture
August 14, 19:30〜20:30
5,000 fireworks



photo by 高画質壁紙写真集無料壁紙






photo by 高画質壁紙写真集無料壁紙


Suwa Lake Fireworks Festival
(第65回諏訪湖祭湖上花火大会)
Suwa City, Nagano Prefecture
August 15, 19:00~21:00
40,000 fireworks

photo by 高画質壁紙写真集無料壁紙


    2,000-meter-long waterfall fireworks

photo by 高画質壁紙写真集無料壁紙



The annual Bon Festival takes place from August 13th to the 16th. The souls of the dead are believed to return to their families during the festival.

Toro-nagashi(灯籠流し) is the last event of the Bon festival held in many areas. People float paper lanterns down the river or the sea to send off the spirit of their ancestors.


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Miyazu Toro Lantern Floating & Firework Festival
(宮津燈籠流し花火大会)
Miyazu City, Kyoto
August 16, 19:30〜20:30
3,000 fireworks

photo by 高画質壁紙写真集無料壁紙


Miyazu Toro-nagashi(宮津灯籠流し, Toro Lantern Floating) has a history of 400 years.

photo by 高画質壁紙写真集無料壁紙


photo by 高画質壁紙写真集無料壁紙

At the first Bon Festival following the death of a family member, the bereaved carry a decorated boat Shoro-bune(精霊船) to the venue of fireworks on August 16.



photo by 高画質壁紙写真集無料壁紙





The boats and paper lanterns are floated down the sea 1.5 hours before the firework festival starts.


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The boats are burned down at sea. 





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Lantern Floating and Fireworks Display
(第64回とうろう流しと大花火大会)
Tsuruga City, Fukui Prefecture
August 16, 19:30〜20:15
10,000 fireworks



photo by 高画質壁紙写真集無料壁紙



Tamagawa fireworks festivals(Setagaya, Kawasaki)
Setagaya Ward in Tokyo, Kawasaki City in Kanagawa Prefecture
August 17, 19:00~20:00
6,000 fireworks at each venue

Two fireworks festivals will be held on both sides of the Tama River on August 17.


せたがや花火大会
せたがや花火大会 by sugagaga /flickr

Setagaya  fireworks festival


せたがや花火大会
せたがや花火大会 by sugagaga /flickr














せたがや花火大会
せたがや花火大会 by sugagaga /flickr


Fireworks @ Tamagawa
Fireworks @ Tamagawa by aki.sato /flickr


Kawasaki fireworks festival



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DSC_0863 by Zengame /flickr





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DSC_0694 by Zengame /flickr



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DSC_0900 by Zengame /flickr







神宮外苑花火大会2009(Jingu-gaien fireworks 2009)
神宮外苑花火大会2009(Jingu-gaien fireworks 2009) by imgdive /flickr

Jingu Gaien Fireworks 2013
神宮外苑花火大会
Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo
August 17, 19:30~20:30
10,000 fireworks
photo by 高画質壁紙写真集無料壁紙










Kumano Grand Fireworks Festival
(熊野大花火大会)
Kumano City, Mie Prefecture
August 17, 19:10〜21:30
10,000 fireworks








After an igniter on the boat light a firework, the boat rushes away.

photo by 高画質壁紙写真集無料壁紙

photo by 高画質壁紙写真集無料壁紙


photo by 高画質壁紙写真集無料壁紙


photo by 高画質壁紙写真集無料壁紙




Yunokawa Onsen Fireworks
(湯の川温泉花火大会)
Hakodate City, Hokkaido
August 17, 19:40~20:40
3,000 fireworks





Ito Onsen Hashi(chopsticks) Festival Fireworks
(伊東温泉箸まつり花火大会)
Ito City, Shizuoka Prefecture
August 22, 20:30~21:00
about 1,550 fireworks



photo by 高画質壁紙写真集無料壁紙





Omagari National Japan Fireworks Competition
(第87回全国花火競技大会「大曲の花火」)
Daise City, Akita Prefecture
August 24, 17:30~18:15, 18:50~21:30
18,000 fireworks

It's a national fireworks competition for pyrotechnicians started in 1910.



For more information about Omagari Fireworks at http://ichinen-fourseasonsinjapan.blogspot.jp/2011/09/fireworks-festivals.html



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