Fireworks

On Saturday Kuniko had to go off to work, but I had the day off to relax and do almost nothing all day long. Actually, I did have to do laundry, preliminary packing, and shopping. I was busy most of the day, and then I caught a train into Kobe to meet up with Kuniko to see the fireworks show.

As it turned out there were a lot of people doing the same thing. I managed to snag a seat, but just barely. The air conditioning on the train was a lifesaver – it felt so good.

I did a little bit of shopping in Kobe first, then got some burgers to go and began the long walk up the hill to Kuniko’s school. I arrived just as she was finishing up work, and we retired to the air conditioning of her car to cool off. The burgers were excellent, and after we finished dinner we walked around and behind the school to reach the school grounds to watch the fireworks.

The school is built on the side and top of a mountain, so sometimes you are climbing stairs and walking up and down hills to get to the next building. The grounds were higher up on the hill and they had a beautiful view of the city of Kobe at night. The school grounds had a big set of bleachers to sit on, so we set up shop and took in a great fireworks show. The fireworks were being launched a ways away over the Mosaic harbor, but our seats were great.

We were the only ones for a while watching, but soon the principal of the school came with his family, and we said hello to them. The size of the grounds was like a football field, so they set up on the other side and that was the last we heard of them.

The show went on for about an hour, and it was pretty impressive. There are lots of new and interesting fireworks in Japan, and the presentation is a little more orchestrated than what I’m used to.

Afterwards we drove back home, and Kuniko spent the evening packing for her summer camp trip. I won’t see her until the night before we fly to Hawaii, so I’ll need to stay out of the trouble the next couple of nights…


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