My First Matsuri (festival)

Okay. My first Matsuri was in Oomagari and it was a 花火Hanabi (fireworks, lit. flower fire). This Hanabi is one of the biggest in Japan and it was so awesome!! (a small description is here 3rd one)

Basically there were Day fireworks that had a explosion but also released colored powder into the air that then fell down, it was super pretty. The video below shows red powder, but there was also yellow, blue, and black as well as other colors too.



And then when night fell... whoo boy! There were fireworks everywhere! There were individual fireworks [usually sets of 3] that were HUGE and amazing! Then there are shows that were set to music. I saw everything from Smiley faces to Christmas trees! Super awesome!In the video below you can hear the announcement that went off before each person's fireworks- it tells you where they are from, their name, and I believe the title of their 'show'. Anyways- they are HUGE!