Summer Festivals in Japan

By Eri MIYATA

In summer, there are a lot of festivals in Japan. They are different all over Japan and it is very interesting. For example, Kasugai has fireworks near the river every summer. Many people go to watch the fireworks.
On July 25th, one of the most famous summer festivals is in Nagasaki. It has about two thousand to three thousand fireworks. It is really amazing.
In Kyoto, there are summer festivals for about one month in July. They are very busy because the people in the festival carry Mikoshis through the town. A Mikoshi is a portable shrine so it is very heavy.
In Yamanashi,they have a big summer festival by Kawagi lake from August 4th until August 5th. It has about eight thousand fireworks. On the fourth day of the festival they have about five hundred fireworks.
In Akita, they have a fireworks convention for Japan. This summer it was held on August 27th. About 30 companies from Akita joined it and they had over one thousand fireworks during the afternoon and night. The night fireworks have a theme every summer so it changes every year.
I was very suprised because, I have never been to festivals in different parts of Japan. If I can go to any summer festival in Japan, I would chose the ones in Akita and Kyoto.