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One of the Japanese summer traditions is, "HANABI(fireworks)".

"HANA" means "flower,"and "BI" means "fire."
As you can imagine from this name, you can see round and colorful HANABI,
like flowers are blooming in the night sky.

Although fireworks festivals are held in countries all over the world,
they might not be a summer feature like in Japan.
When Japanese hear "HANABI," summer images come to our mind.

On July 25, as a SOEI's special seasonal event,
we rented "YAKATABUNE" to see Sumidagawa Fireworks Festival.
YAKATABUNE is a kind of a passenger boat. We could see the fireworks from our YAKATABUNE on the river.

  Inside yakatabune

 Yukara girls 

Everyone looks like they are having fun, don't they?

Many staffs wore "YUKATA," which is a Japanese kimono for summer.
It is a tradition to wear a YUKATA at fireworks festivals jn Japan.

You can check the information of Japanese fireworks festivals this year from the link below.
If you are interested, why don't you visit one and experience the Japanese fireworks?

http://www.infomapjapan.com/hstore/200906-infospecial.phtml#