花火大会＠土浦 Fireworks@Tsuchiura

Just came back from one of biggest fireworks competition in Japan, the competition held in Tsuchiura in Ibaraki prefecture. Tsuchiura was quite far from Tokyo (around 1 hour 10 minutes by train).

We almost missed the last train back to Tokyo coz we tried to avoid crowded train but somehow most of people think exactly like us. The train station was very crowded. Lucky that KWKM-san negotiated with policeman allowing us to go up to train station otherwise I have no idea what we are gonna do if we miss it..

This event was really cool! Most of firework-masters from all over Japan come for this competition. In this competition it categorizes to 3 types.
1. Decided with 1 shot by how round it is and how many layer inside. From what I heard, the best is 5 layers but very difficult to make
2. Traditional Fireworks: Like a combination of fireworks
3. Star Dust (I'm not sure I spelled it correctly): Combination of fireworks with music. I like this kind of fireworks the most.

This event was differ from any fireworks I have seen. This firework took like almost 2 hours and it included best of the best from each kind of firework. Especially for star dust, it included all the final theme from each firework festival into this one...Awesome!

Tomorrow, I'll go to BBQ in Tochigi ♪♪

All photos credited to Steven..