Right on schedule, the fireworks came around again this year.

Yatai stalls

Loads of stalls had set up shop.

Sausages

I’m used to the drill by now, so it has turned into a routine: get here early, buy a bit of everything from the stalls, and then hang around until the fireworks.

Places like this too

Dance festival

They were seriously good dancers.

The photographers

I had no idea this many people would turn up with enormous tripods.. plenty of folks around here have photography as a hobby.

Macho takoyaki

Muscular guys are all the rage in Japan these days, which feels a lot like being ripped being all the rage in Korea.

Fireworks

There’s only so much an iPhone can do.

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