Fireworks festivals - known as hanabi taikai - are a highlight of Japanese summer culture, drawing millions of spectators ...

Summer fireworks on Sumida River, Japan. (Photo: Gettyimages) Previously, we told you why you should travel to Japan in summer, and one of the main reasons is Japan’s magnificent fireworks festivals, ...

One of the barges serving as a launch platform for the fireworks had caught fire. All five workers on board jumped into the ...

Hanabi (fireworks) are a feature of summer in Japan. Whether it’s the shelves stocked with fireworks big and small to use at your next barbecue or one of the many firework festivals held during the ...

About 10,000 fireworks lit up the summer night sky during the Lake Biwa Great Fireworks Festival at Otsu Port in the city of ...

The Japanese call fireworks hanabi, meaning "fire flower." The name suggests not only a physical resemblance, but also an existential one. Fireworks bloom, but only for a moment, dazzling ...

Two boats launching fireworks caught fire in Japan on Monday during a summer festival in Yokohama, located south of Tokyo.

What was supposed to be a dazzling summer celebration turned into a fiery nightmare off Japan’s Yokohama coast.rnrnTwo barges ...

Summer in Japan is a time for fireworks, and since this summer is shaping up to be a brutal one, our fireworks correspondent Masanuki Sunakoma is coming equally hard with his explosive reviews this ...