Lake Nojiri Fireworks Festival has been held in lake Nojiri, Nagano prefecture ,as a traditional event to color Lake Nojiri in summer, since the early 1900’s. This year’s event is the 95th times of it. About 2,000 fireworks are shot off and some are dropped one by one from the motor boat. Underwater fireworks are spreading in a semicircle shape and approaching the audience.
The sound of the fireworks reverberating on the lake surface echoes the mountains,it’s powerful and unique.
In addition to the fireworks , various events such as grabbing fish event and the show of Noto Yayaka drums etc. were held around the venue.
Please enjoy the atmosphere of the day with the photograph.
Grabbing fish event,even there are eels and salmon in the pool, is very popular every year. Shouts and cheers are from all directions.
Noto town from the Ishikawa Prefecture,having a good relationship with Shinano town, performed Yaei Taiko drums which is a traditional performing art. It was powerful performance and everybody was glued to see it.
Stall of delicious food such as Okonomiyaki lined rows along the shore of Lake Nojiri, and they were crowded with visitors of fireworks festival.
Stall of delicious food such as Okonomiyaki lined rows along the shore of Lake Nojiri, and they were crowded with visitors of fireworks festival.
When the fireworks began, there were cheers and admiration voices from here and there.
The traditional fireworks festival of Lake Nojiri is a wonderful fireworks display that you can enjoy at the venue where you can feel the atmosphere of the relaxed Japanese countryside, magnificent fireworks which is launched just in front of you.
Why don’t you come and see the Lake Nojiri fireworks festival in Shinano Town, Nagano prefecture next year?
