Hanabi season started

Now the fireworks (hanabi) season has started in Japan and roughly every week in august fireworks will be arranged in some area around Tokyo. This weekend we went to see the fireworks in Sumidagawa, the biggest arrangement in Tokyo during the year where different companies are competing with each other to arrange the best fireworks.

It is really amazing fireworks going on for more than an hour straight and they launch the rockets from two different locations a few hundred meters apart along the river in the Asakusa area. We didn't go very close to the launch scene to avoid the massive crowds that gather for the hanabi but even on a distance enough people came to have picnic in the street to get the right feeling for the occasion, similar to how people gather in the spring for watching the cherry blossoms.











For all becoming fathers it might be worth to consider that the stroller you buy should be able to carry your own weight, so that you can always use it as a comfortable chair when watching fireworks. This little guy didn't seem to happy that his father occupied the stroller for him but it wasn't much he could do about it. Just wait a few more years.











On sunday we went to Yokohama bay area for a relaxing day. The temperature was some where over thirty degrees when I noticed this "Ice World" house keeping a temperature of just as many degrees below zero. I couldn't resist to try the sudden 60 degree drop in temperature even if it cost me 500 yen (40skr) and it was well worth the money. Mostly young kids were running through the house screaming "samui! samui!" (cold! cold!) when I took a break in there to try to get as cold as possible. It was really nice to come out cold as a block of ice into the burning hot sun. Even Maki appreciated a cold hug.