F'-san said it is a Japanese tradition to play with sparklers in the park during summer. Myself and four lab members met for a night in the park last Saturday. We stopped off in the grocery store for snacks first. They wanted to buy sushi rolls as one of the snacks for our picnic. It was a striking contrast to what a typical American would bring for a night of fireworks in the park; I laughed... inside.
There were two other groups in the park with fireworks but neither were obeying the laws. One group was shooting off areal fireworks/rockets. We got to watch them too. Another group was shooting fireworks at each other, across the parking lot. Good idea guys... real safe. Neighbors complained about the noise, causing the police to show up. The park was far from any apartments, I was really surprised by the noise complaint. When the police came, I knew we were not doing anything illegal but I had this moment of panic as I was holding a can that contained alcohol, in a park. A panic thought of "where am I going to stash this to hide it from the cops?!"
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| F'-san and M'-san get the party started |
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Super heroes, just like Onpanman
The fireworks came with special glasses so you could see little Onpanman in the lights. |
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| Onpanman came to join us! (on the left) |
It was a joyful night with some great folks. Thank you for the memories.
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