I have never, ever seen anything like this before. I was taught to watch fireworks from a far distance, preferably at home, or preferebly not at all. Never have I dreamed of getting close to it, or jump into the fire.Perhaps I didn't know anything about life before.
It's a shame I can't put the smell of the smoke and the sound of the firecrackers up on this blog. Mindblowing. Semi-naked men jumping into the fireworks and sparkles and firecrackers. Whatever they were, looked pretty painful.
On the NIC(Nagoya International Center) website, it says.....: An exciting fire festival will be held on August 12th at Nagara-gawa Park in Gifu. From around 6:45 to 9:00pm, men carrying a mikoshi portable shrine run through torrents of fire sparks, and the mikoshi itself will also begin to spew flames from planted fireworks inside. Also some special fireworks called “jiware hanabi” and “taki hanabi” will be set off. To get there take the JR Tokaido line or Meitetsu line to “Gifu”, then get on a bus bound for Nagarabashi and get off at “Ukaiya”, however chances are the buses will be packed if this is the case it is possible to follow the crowds and walk from the station to the festival site. If it rains the festival might be postponed until the following day from 7:30p.m.
The original festival takes place in April:
http://kikuko.web.infoseek.co.jp/english/tejikara-no-himatsuri.html
Whoa.
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