Today I went to the Matsudo Hana-bi (fireworks) festival and took some wicked pics. It was an exciting event, one that lasted an hour and was cool to see lots of Japanese people dressed in the traditional dress of Yukatas and Jinbeis (similar to Kimonos).
It was hectically busy, the 10 minute walk from the station to the Edo-gawa was packed with thousands of people with the same idea. The streets were lined with people, a mixture of traditionally dressed and those dressed in a western way.
The heat was still intense and the humidity nearly unbearable but it was worth it even if the view wasn’t ideal (look at the silhouettes in most of the pics, an artistic choice but that’s what I saw!). The fireworks were cool, apparently over 8000 let off in a little over an hour. The ending was, as is to be expected, the most spectacular and worth fighting through crowds to get back to the station and home for.
More work tomorrow, only 2 days left of another week. Time is racing by at the moment…
mata ne!
[...] The itinerary It’s just over 10 days until the flight departs for Finland, stops in Helsinki and then after an hours break to rest our arms, we fly on to Tokyo. It’s over 10 days and already I’m excited. I’m extra especially excited given the fact that I’ll be meeting up with old students from Nova, around about 13 apparently, and finishing the holiday with a return to Matsudo Hanabi. [...]
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