諏訪湖花火

So we went to Suwa lake to see probably was the biggest fireworks in Japan.  It has about 42000? fireworks and lasts for 1 hour and 45 minutes.

K, so Masao told me that he was coming to my apartment at 530 to pick me up, and we would go to school to meet up with Miyuki and headed for Ena.  As some of you know, I wake up really early >"<  But, 530 is a little too early for me, so I set my alarm clock at 430 and get things ready.  However, soon after my struggle to try to get up, I got a call from Masao.  He told me he was already outside my apartment!!! O.o"  So apparently, he had mistakenly told me about the time, and we should have met at 430 >"<  I had to get into a frenzy mode, super drive to get everything ready and drove to Ena.  From Ena, Suwa lake was actually not all that far.

Boy was it hot!! we pretty much were waiting from 10am till 7pm.  The fireworks as a whole was really good.  BUT.... BUT.... BUT........  the gaps between the fireworks were kinda long, and they had some weird music.  ALSO......... the worst thing about the fireworks was that there was no FINALE!!! no finale whatsoever.  It was the most horrible, terrible that I've ever seen.

After the fireworks, Ehara san and Ari kun went to get the car, and we were planning to go to karaoke because if we had left, we would be ending up stuck on the road anyway.  However, it took them pretty much 2 hours to go back to the car and drove back.  o.O  YES, 2 hours!!  So, we just went home afterwards.  When I came back to my apartment, the whole area smelled like shit.  Man it was the worst smell I've smelt.  And it was SO MUGGY.  SO HOT and SO HUMID.

Anyway, suwa lake was pretty good, and I hope I can go again despite it was pretty tiring >"<

Monday 8.13.07

So Guess waht I did on Monday?! Well, yes, hopefully you've guessed it. I went to yet another fireworks festival in 関, the city that I teach in. I went with マナミ、江原さん、ゆみこ、and my student's family. The Seki fireworks wasn't a really big fireworks festival, but it was still very nice. It was by the river, so the view was gorgeous. You get to be really close to the fireworks, and experience it. So far my rating for fireworks in Japan is : 岐阜長良川　＞　関　＞　八百津　＞　川辺
# note: not that 川辺(kawabe) is bad or anything, but it's just that the fence was blocking the view, and also there were too many things going on at once.

So 2 more left to go 諏訪湖 and 美濃加茂


After 関花火, we (me ehara, yumiko) went to 郡上八幡 to see the famous お踊り, where people dance pretty much all night (8pm to 4am?). When we got to 郡上八幡, it was so cool there =) I guess it is because it is kinda to the north and maybe high up in the mountain? Anyway, and the good thing about gujo is that almost everyone there wears 浴衣. I was disappointed when I went to the fireworks, not a lot of people wear 浴衣. Well some girls wear it, and boy arent they cute. hehe =p

So the お踊り was very interesting. However, since I have ADD, or at least I think I do, I got bored after about 5 minutes. I can't believe that people actually dance for that long even though they change the songs throughout the night. Also, it is a little hot since it's a little crowded =( However, if you haven't been there, it would be a great experience!!

Saturday

So today was another fireworks event. Today was the Kawabe fireworks festivals. The Kawabe fireworks finale was terrific, but i didn't really like it that much. Some of the fireworks were blocked by the fence >"<>"< However, it was still fun.