Goemon 0 Posted July 31, 2006 Share Posted July 31, 2006 I went to check out the Sumidagawa Hanabi this past weekend; anyone else go? (too many more pics here ) Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted July 31, 2006 Share Posted July 31, 2006 Baghdad on the Sumidagawa Link to post Share on other sites
me jane 0 Posted July 31, 2006 Share Posted July 31, 2006 They are some pretty good pics you have there Goemon. Never considered going to Sumidagawa Hanabi - the crowds at the Yokohama one a few years ago put me off firework festivals. How did you get there? Weren't the trains a nightmare? Link to post Share on other sites
Goemon 0 Posted August 1, 2006 Author Share Posted August 1, 2006 O11: We were thinking it was more Beirut-ish actually. me jane: We parachuted into the North and positioned ourselves on the riverbank near the northernmost bridge; since it was outside the "red zone", it was not too crowded, yet still afforded a satisfactory view of the fire play. Link to post Share on other sites
farquah 0 Posted August 1, 2006 Share Posted August 1, 2006 Been spending pretty much every night of this month being a killjoy here stopping people letting off fireworks. Turlte nesting time again which means no sleep at night and plenty of boos and hisses from budding pirotechnicians!! Turtle appreciate it though!! Link to post Share on other sites
slow 0 Posted August 1, 2006 Share Posted August 1, 2006 Nice pictures, Goemon. How did you take those pictures? Tripod and action mode? I missed those local beach Hanabis in my hometown and can't go to Tokyo bay either..., probably Jingu Hanabi is the only one I can go this summer. Yokohama has the big one tomorrow, doesn't it? If Yokohama stadium has a game tomorrow night, it is the best place. You can enjoy both baseball and fireworks. Link to post Share on other sites
Goemon 0 Posted August 1, 2006 Author Share Posted August 1, 2006 Those were tripod-action mode; nice and easy to have the tripod sitting there and just hit the buttom every few minutes. I might check out Todabashi this weekend. We went there last year and were able to get pretty close to the action. Link to post Share on other sites
BagOfCrisps 24 Posted August 2, 2006 Share Posted August 2, 2006 Is there a "best in Japan" fireworks? Or are there 20 of those as seems to be the case. (Don't lots of local displays clain to be "the best"). Link to post Share on other sites
slow 0 Posted August 2, 2006 Share Posted August 2, 2006 Kataoka(in Niigata) has the biggest display in the world, (4 shaku-dama) diameter 120m 420kg before launch, diameter 800m in the sky. People say Omagari(in Akita) has the best fireworks competition and the number of displays, Osaka PL school is the most. I'd like to see the biggest one in Niigata. 800m in the sky! can't imagine how big it is. Link to post Share on other sites
bobby12 0 Posted August 2, 2006 Share Posted August 2, 2006 The biggest Ive seen was suwa-ko in Nagano-ken, I think that was the biggest in Nagano, hard to imagine how one could get any bigger. Link to post Share on other sites
AET 0 Posted August 3, 2006 Share Posted August 3, 2006 Kataoka? Where is that? Not that I know what a 4 shaku-dama might be! Link to post Share on other sites
slow 0 Posted August 4, 2006 Share Posted August 4, 2006 I was a liar, Kataoka →Katagai in Niigata diameter before launch 120m !! →120cm sorry... Link to post Share on other sites
BagOfCrisps 24 Posted August 4, 2006 Share Posted August 4, 2006 That sounds impressive. (Is it?) Hold on a sec, the firework is over a metre wide?? Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted August 4, 2006 Share Posted August 4, 2006 Fireworks can get a bit tiresome after a while I find. Short but intense displays are the best. My mother in law always seems to be there when I watch a fireworks display, and she has a habit of saying "Ah, kuraimakusu da! Mou owari!" every time there's a bit of an eruption. She's not bothered by the fact that she's wrong even seven times, and keeps repeating it until she's right once. It makes me cringe to hear her declaring that this is the climax. Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted August 5, 2006 Share Posted August 5, 2006 The displays here make me laugh with all the annoucements of the sponsor and the waiting for 1 firework to go off + repeat. It spoils the experience. The short intense ones are definitely best. Link to post Share on other sites
snobee 0 Posted August 5, 2006 Share Posted August 5, 2006 Sorry to be the proverbial "damp squib" but I'm not a great fire-works fan. The pyro-technology and craftmanship required to produce such surely is marvellous, as are the awesome displays of explosive colours. For me though the saturating stench - unless viewed from very afar - the noise and the way it drives animals nuts and as OC hinted the repetitive tiresomeness of it all, makes me think other more worthwhile activities to pursue. A lot of gee-whiz-bang preying on our ancient volcano gazing instincts. But I can't tell that to the kid can I. She who recieved a BIG box of the stuff yesterday from our kindly neighbour. Christ, there's enough powder in there to rival Guy Fawkes original intentions. Link to post Share on other sites
AET 0 Posted August 7, 2006 Share Posted August 7, 2006 I'd like to see them making fireworks. Link to post Share on other sites
big-will 7 Posted August 8, 2006 Share Posted August 8, 2006 They are pretty amazing aren't they? I wouldn't mind seeing how they are made as well these huge ones (or little ones for that matter). Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted August 8, 2006 Share Posted August 8, 2006 Fireworks aren't really 'made' as such. Although this point is not well understood scientifically, fireworks are 'thought forms'. This is the gentleman who makes them; Fortunately he never asks for much more than an occasional new pair of underpants or a length of string in return for the magnificent displays that are enjoyed by so many. Link to post Share on other sites
Goemon 0 Posted August 8, 2006 Author Share Posted August 8, 2006 Yes, he started "making" them after Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted August 8, 2006 Share Posted August 8, 2006 Sometimes people are thoughtless and send him underpants that don't fit. They are made to regret it. Link to post Share on other sites
cal 6 Posted August 8, 2006 Share Posted August 8, 2006 I hate the way animals get totally freeked out by fireworks. Link to post Share on other sites
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