Nagaoka Firework & Summer Festival!

This is the yukata we wear for the dance parade

The day before the actual firework, the local people had a dance parade on street. Each organization or company has their own group wearing yukata of different pattern.
Chris, Sophie and I had a chance to join the dance parade with the city hall people.
We danced for 2 hours on the main street, it was very fun.

The next day is the firework. The Nagaoka firework is claimed to be the #1 firework in Japan.
The same group met up again at Jay’s place before going to see the firework.
The firework lasted for 2 hours. The firework itself was very impressive. The best firework I have ever seen so far. But what made it imperfect were the weather and the crowd…
There were probably 15 of us watching the firework together… I just can’t deal with big groups very well…
Plus it showered throughout the firework, so I had to use an umbrella all the time. At the end of the firework, the rain finally started to pour… Everyone was all soaked wet.

The firework last for 2 days. On the 2nd day of the firework, the weather was very nice. But I didn’t plan on going. I was trying to avoid the crowd. So after work, I did more cleaning and went out to do some shopping.
At night as I biked home from shopping, I could see fireworks afar in the dark. So instead of going home… I biked towards the other direction. I watched the fireworks as I bike. I think I prefer watching the fireworks alone…