Monday 8 September 2008

Fireworks!



Sunday, 7th September

Well it's not the fireworks spectacular that a multi-million dollar budget would afford but for two thousand yen ($22 Aussie dollars) you can get a fireworks kit and enjoy the excitement of lighting them up and watching them sparkle and explode right at home! Fireworks unlike Australia are not banned for public use here in Japan and over the summer you can buy all sorts of fireworks pretty much anywhere. We bought these at the local convenience shop and took them to the small bridge nearby the house that goes over the river.



One by one we lit and waiting to see what they would do! I managed to take some photos of the ones on the ground. There were a few that flew up a few metres up in the air and exploded which were awesome!









The ones above are pretty nifty, once lighted the tip burns and glows into a small sphere, soon after it burns and sparkles like in the picture.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hey cousin.

Mannnnnnn, if i could get my hands on one of those over here, the possibilities haha. The police would definately get called on me and my mates haha.

Looks Genius!

Unknown said...

Hiya Matthew,
It looks cool and how exciting, you must have had expereinced, a great thrill eh...
Soon in UK in November 5th is bomb fire, everyone has parties and the whole streets lits up...

They make a fortune out here too, it is not illigal on bomb fire night.

Anonymous said...

Hi Matthew,

It was nice to set off fireworks together wasn't it? It was our first time to do so. I had wanted to try it with you and finally we could enjoy various fireworks this summer! My favorite one is sparkler. (The photo which is bottom.) Japanese like it and we usually do it at the last part.

It's banned fireworks in Ausutralia but you have experienced it in Japan. Actually it was really cool wasn't it? We have still the rest of fireworks. Before it becomes cold outside let's have fun fireworks again!!