隅田川花火大会 SUMIDAGAWA FIREWORKS FESTIVAL

[tokyodisa]

Who: Everybody!
What: Tokyo Day Three: fireworks festival
When: Thursday, 18/July -- evening
Where: Hotel or Sumida
Rating: pretty

Tonight, in the sky, there are fireworks.

You can see them from the hotel window, but for a better look -- so suggests the helpful concierge at the desk -- you'll want to head to Sumida, where locals and tourists alike gather on the edge of the Sumida River.

[ Watch fireworks from the hotel | Watch fireworks from Sumida ]

[Technically the festival is supposed to happen on the last Saturday of July, but whatever! It's Paradisa. For more information on the festival please visit here, and you can watch YouTube videos here.]

Comments

[heloise]

[ She turns to inspect the object in question. ]

Indeed. Your most elegant and graceful nose.

[samson]

[He touches it experimentally.]

Never had anybody call it 'graceful' before.

[lucre]

How did others call it?

[samson]

Pfft... big? 'Beaky,' too.

[lucre]

[ She laughs. Sorry, not sorry. ]

Like an eagle's?

[samson]

[It's okay, he only looks... a little bit annoyed.]

Well, Mol does call me 'falcon,' so...

[lucre]

A term of endearment, surely. Falcons are gracious creatures.

[samson]

Yeah, it's like a pet name. I always thought it had more to do with being badass than, uh, gracious, but...

[Falcons are badass. That's the point he's making.]

[lucre]

They are fond of hunting the pigeons.

[samson]

Pigeons pretty much just hang out in cities in my time, so I don't know if they even get a chance to anymore.