JAPAN ADVENTURE

Welcome to Margie & Stan's Japan Adventure - our photo blog while living on MCAS Iwakuni in beautiful Yamaguchi Prefecture in Western Japan from 8/2004 to present. My photo above is the famous Kintai Bridge right here in Iwakuni. Be sure to check out Blog Archive (below left) for highlights of our travels. And leave us a comment - we'd love to hear from you! Click on photos to enlarge.
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Monday, July 25, 2011

Iwakuni Port Firework Festival 7/23/11

Summer in Japan means - among other things - FIREWORKS! Saturday night we had the choice of riding the train to Hiroshima Port for 10,000 fireworks or riding a bus to Iwakuni Port for 2,000 fireworks. Since we were planning to spend most of the day Sunday outdoors at the Kintai Bridge Lantern Festival , we opted to stay home Saturday. At shortly after 8 PM, we were watching a movie when I noticed flashing lights coming from the balcony glass wall. Yippee! We had a perfect view of Iwakuni Port and the fireworks had already begun. Although this one was small - "only" 2,000 fireworks, it was fabulous and went on until just after 9 PM. We simply opened out balcony glass doors (it was pretty cool by now - around 75F) - and sipped our refreshing beverages while enjoying the show . . . Here's some highlights:

















This really doesn't do it justice. The Grand Finale lasted about 10 minutes & the entire sky toward the port area was lit up. Sugoi! (Amazing!)

2 comments:

Kaytie said...

I cannot even imagine how long 10, 000 fireworks would last. Sounds like you had great seats for Iwakuni Port.

Margie and Stan Stevens said...

Actually, most fireworks shows in Japan are much larger! Amazing . . .