Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Fireworks (3000!) on Ocean Day!

Have you heard about Japanese industriousness when it comes to hard work and working overtime? Well, it's true. So true that the government has instigated a number of holidays so that the work force won't overdue it too much. In fact, reportedly, Japan has more holidays than the USA does.

One of those holidays is "Ocean Day," which we (Ruben and Phil) celebrated last Monday by joining Kyoichi-san's family (Yukari's brother, his wife Narumi-san, and their three kids, Ayu, Koyori, and Kazuma) at a huge amusement park in Iwamizawa for lots of rides and a big firecracker of a fireworks show. Over 3,000 explosions! A pyro-delight!

The park waived the admission fee for the holiday (but charged a small fee for the rides). And the fireworks rocked. (See videos at the end of this post.) Rides pix in another post.


















Fireworks vids:

Llisten for 6 year old Kazuma's enthusiastic voice in the background.

Ruben took this one! It rocks (and rolls)!

Ruben took this one, too! (Watch for his peace sign "shadow.")

1 comment:

Buzz said...

Those are some awesome photos and films! I am so glad you guys had fun on the rides and watching the fireworks. No summer break is 100% complete without at least one explosion of some sort and a frightening drop of your body down some horrifying distance.

Meanwhile, I "enjoyed" catching up on my work load and actually had a lot of fun watching a bit of Naruto while waiting for you guys to get home.

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