Gen Japan's staff blog : Fireworks / The Highlights of the Japanese Summer part-6 / Final Episode

2016年8月25日木曜日

As I introduced in our previous blogs,

“Fireworks / The Highlights of the Japanese Summer part-1~5”

that the firework has a long history, and there are always experienced and

skillfull pryotechnicians risking their lives to set off the amazing fireworks.

There are also many staff putting so much time and effort to make

the breathtaking fireworks displays happen.

I would like to review our previous blogs about Japanese fireworks.

Although it’s hard to say when the Mikuni fireworks display first started,

it was already established in 1932. The Mikuni fireworks display has a long history

that it is now known as one of the biggest and greatest fireworks displays

in Hokuriku region (Fukui, Ishikawa and Toyama Prefectures).

Moreover, Mikuni fireworks display’s pyrotechnicians had set off

the fireworks successfully in Nagano Olympics in 1998.

These pyrotechnicians belong to

People shout “Tamaya” and/or “Kagiya” at fireworks in Japan,

and they are the family names of two of Japan’s most famous historical

pyrotechnicians who played important role in the development of fireworks

in Japan during the Edo Period (1603-1867).

Where were the fireworks started?

Although it’s hard to say where fireworks first started, it is said that the origin

of the fireworks were started from China. People used to use it as a signal fire

on the Great Wall of China in the period of the first emperor in China,

Qin Shi Huang (259-210B.C).

And in Japan, it was started becoming familiar and popular

in Edo Period (1603-1867) by the two great pyrotechnicians, “Tamaya” and “Kagiya”.

Can you see fireworks from where you live?

Next time when you have an opportunity to see ones,

enjoy watching them remembering our previous blogs,

I would like to share the video of “1tsubame”,

“2016[4K]Revival Prayer fireworks[Phoenix]Nagaoka Fireworks festival”. Please enjoy!

T.F

Gen Japan's staff blog