Good fortune Meteor shower

　Please light up this darkness.

　The time goes by.

　Ah, this moment...

　Yours.

　And, ours.

　The future...

　The pure comes over from the everlasting distance.

　And, leave for faraway.

　The life...

　夕飯や　 花火聞ゆる　 川開

　　 正岡 　子規　　　　　 (1867 – 1902)

　supper time　　fireworks sound　　river festival

　　　Masaoka 　Shiki 　 (1867 – 1902)

In Japan, fireworks have a history of about 600 years. They are made by special craftsmen.

" Summer " Japanese calligraphy

 　 

" 夏 " (ka, natsu). It is translated as summer.

This character is written by Kanzi, Regular script.

Etymology :　Hieroglyph

The figure which the man attaches a big mask, and dance.

Then it came to gradually express the size of the person.

It has the meaning of the state that force is prosperous.

" The summer "

It is the season when it is good for a festival.

Human sturdiness may be expressed there.

I seem to hear human heart beating. . .

You don't have to come to Japan, a remote, far east part of the world, to see these fireworks displays.

And these places are remote within Japan. It takes effort to get there.