Fireworks@ Tama River: Aug.18, 2012

Firework has been and is a popular summer event in Japan. Firework event in Sumida River in the Edo period was often drawn in Ukiyoe and written in literatures.

Today, people hold many firework events in and around Tokyo. Famous ones include the events held in Sumida River, Tama River, Tokyo Bay and Jingu Gagien.

I enjoyed today Tama River’s fireworks. I did not go to the site as it was (supposed to be) too crowded. I enjoyed the event from a place a few kilometers from the river field. The fireworks beyond Tokyo’s buildings were not bad.