隅田川花火大会

Dave made a comment about Vancouver's fireworks being a pile of shit. This is true. Let me give you a little background information on how it goes down in Tokyo.

The Sumida River Fireworks Festival takes place on the last Saturday of July. Young men and women would don their most fashionable yakuta and take to the streets. I thought the yakutas were great as it gives the young Japanese women an excuse NOT to dress like sluts. This year, over 900,000 people converged in Asakusa to view the hour-long display. They gathered on rooftops and camped out on the street. On the closed roads, families would tape off a section of the pavement to reserve their spot and then later set up their picnic. Of course, some lucky folks (such as myself) had the privilege of enjoying the view from the rooftop of an apartment building. As you can tell by the video, there wasn't just one display of fireworks, but two going on at once! Yes, dueling fireworks. I think the MAIN difference with this one and Vancouver's was the fact that their was no litter on the street or random brawl.