Yesterday there was a big fireworks show on Lake Biwa. Tomorrow there's one in Uji. This weekend there are a few scattered around Kansai, and next week there will be more. We have officially entered Hanabi Season.
As if there weren't enough national holidays and festivals, the Japanese adopted August as the unofficial month to celebrate summer - with massive amounts of fireworks. In many ways the shows are just like the more traditional festivals: families and friends get together, the girls wear yukata, and everyone lines up for snow cones and meat on a stick at the food stalls. The only difference is that instead of mikoshi, everyone stands ooing and ahhing at the very impressive bursts of fire exploding in the sky.
Last night's show at Lake Biwa was the most amazing fireworks display I have ever seen. It lasted a full hour. But even more impressive was the crowd control that quickly and efficiently shuffled thousands of people onto trains without extreme instances of shoving, screaming, or groping among the masses.
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