Shimamatsuri in Hakata

Posted on August 16th, 2007 in Customary Drivel, Media, Video by Deas

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Yaaaay for fireworks! Yay for girls in yukata! Yay for crazy racist yakuza carnies! Yay for old drunk men giggling themselves silly over the whole spectacle! Yay for the しま祭り in 伯方! (Yes, they actually called it that, verbatim. The usage of the English word “in” gives it a certain je ne sais quois, no?)

2007しま祭り　in　はかた

伯方町地区で開催される夏の大イベント「しま祭り　in　はかた」のフィナーレを飾る花火大会。色とりどりの美しい花火が夏の夜空を飾ります。打ち上げ場所までの距離が近いので、目の前で打ち上がる花火は迫力満点です。また当日は、キャラクターショー・マジックショーや屋外コンサートなど多彩なイベントも行われます。

2007 Shimamatsuri (Island Festival) in Hakata

The finale to the big summer event “Shimamatsuri in Hakata,” hosted by the town of Hakata, will be a fireworks display. Myriad colors and shapes will fill the night summer sky. The launchpad for the fireworks is quite close to the viewing location, so you have the rare opportunity to experience fireworks rising and exploding right in front of your eyes. Other attractions taking place on the same day are character shows, a magic show, and a concert.

I found descriptions of this event all over the net. JR’s おでかけネット, Yahoo Local Events, じゃらん, the Shimanami Shimap site, and おいでや！ all had blurbs about it (with the last being a journal entry by staffers). My favorite site, though, was しまなみ Sketchbook, once again. It’s the site I first turned to when I wanted to see where I’d be living in Japan. It has loads of photo galleries - a few killer panoramic shots included, so it didn’t really surprise me that it had pages dedicated to the 2005 はかた夏祭り as well as the 2006 しま祭り in 伯方. (I guess the event name recently changed.) I’ll check back after a while to see if it gets updated with coverage of the 2007 event. For now, enjoy one of the longest videos I’ve put online so far.