Fireworks

On Tuesday night I met the other Yamanashi JETs at the fireworks festival. The fireworks were definitely the best I’ve ever seen. Instead of one big fireworks show that sort of pulls out all the stops (like in America), the festival consisted of smaller shows. In between, a Japanese women would give a speech (I think about the sponsor of the upcoming display). Each little show was perfectly choreographed. The ones that were set to music were done so that the firework cues matched (almost) perfectly with the soundtrack. It was really impressive – especially since we were sitting so freakin close to the fireworks themselves. They were literally right overhead. During one of the shows, a burning ember landed, like, fifty yards infront of us.