More thoughts on staying and going.
Hits (as in, coolness)
Fireworks!
Fireworks
umm…and fireworks.
Misses (as in, stuff I miss)
Having real speakers instead of laptop ones
Having a non-itchy nose (Is it the detergent? The AC? The office? Who knows…)
But back to the fireworks! Sumida river’s fireworks festival/hanabi taikai (literally, fire flower big event) is one of the biggest in Tokyo. What’s awesome is Japanese people love fireworks, and lots of cities have these festivals. There are 12 within the 23 Tokyo city wards alone, plus a bunch more in the Kanto area. Annd they publish the # of fireworks getting launched at each one, so you can identify the biggies!
They sell sparklers and stuff at the supermarket too. Fireworks, friends, and fooood. Kind of impossible to not be super happy with that triple threat combo. I contributed Tabish’s banana bread. Was well received, of course.
Gonna have to have me another little party sometime soon, methinks. Heh, after I check out the one at Meiji Jingu this Thursday. Clocks in at a pretty sizable 10,000 fizzies. Really…you can’t have too enough of sparkly lights and good company. No pics to take at this one though. SLR is out on loan for the week.
