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Fun with Fireworks

The Japanese summer just wouldn’t be the same without falling asleep in front of the annual High School baseball tournament (p.8), getting drunk in beer gardens (p.20) and craning your neck at some of the spectacular fireworks displays held across Kansai (p.26). The Biwako display may be one of the biggest, but you will find smaller, though equally as impressive shows in Osaka (Yodogawa) and Kyoto (Uji) too. You can also create your own show with a set of hand-held fireworks in the park or a friend’s back yard. Great fun for kids of all ages. When the sparks start flying, while it’s usually enough to voice your appreciation with oohs and aahs, you may want to use more descriptive language to impress your Japanese friends. Set the conversation alight with these sparklers.

Expressions
数え切れないほどありますね
Kazue kirenai hodo arimasu ne
There’s too many to
count
色鮮やかですね
Iro azayaka desu ne
The colors are beautiful!
花火大会は何時から始めますか
Hanabi taikai wa nan ji kara
hajimemasu ka?
What time does the
show start?
日本の花火は素晴らしい
Nihon no hanabi wa subarashii
Japanese fireworks are
amazing!
公園で手持ち花火で遊びませんか
Koen de omochya-hanabi de
asobimasen ka?
Let’s play with handheld
fireworks in the
park
この花火大会は今までで一番よかった
Kono hanabi taikai wa ima made
de ichiban yokatta
That was the best fireworks
display I have
ever seen
Vocab
花火 Hanabi Fireworks
花火大会 Hanabi taikai Firework display
線香花火 Senkou hanabi Type of sparkler
ロケット花火 Rocketto hanabi Rocket fireworks
手持ち花火 Temochi hanabi Hand-held fireworks
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