Saturday saw me head out to Furukawa for a Hanabi Party. Furukawa is an hour from Shinjuku on the Shonen Shinjuku line and heading out there i once again thought to myself, i’m glad i live closer to the action.

It’s good to have a reason like this years Hanabi Party to get out to Furukawa, otherwise it’s a place i can probably say i would never get to otherwise.

As usual i went with the same group or Friends i go to the onsens with, all the guys from the local Sushi bar. It was a late afternoon start and an hour long train ride to get to Koge station and then grab some supplies and head to our designated spot.

I grabbed some footage and put it up on Vimeo and also took few photos. I’m still a novice with the camera and not editing it yet but will do shortly when i get some appropriate software or buy a mac.

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There was plenty of colour on arrival.

The video turned out really well. This time i used the Fireworks setting and remembered to have the resolution scaled back a bit. For the best effect check out the HD version on Vimeo.

Like i said, it’s still pretty rough but sometime soon i’ll be able to put a soundtrack to it and edit the crappy bits out. I took about 1Gb of footage and this one turn out to be the best of the raw versions.


Furukawa Hanabi Party from Neil Duckett on Vimeo.

Heaps of different food options to be had.

The other punters have set up shop and are having a few drinks waiting for sun down.

I won’t dwell on our spot too much but the decision to camp on a 30 degree angle wasn’t mine, it got harder to hold your ground but less frustrating after a few beers though.

The angle might not seem that steep, but it was.

While it was daylight there were still many empty spots, by the time it was dark the whole area was chockers.

Up the hill and down in front.

I really only took video of the fireworks but must have taken this shot by accident.

The back to the station around 9.30 ready to head home, a little tired and a little worse for ware. Early night planned though, the next day i was heading to Kamogawa Beach for a 21st birthday, more on that soon.

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