By NAOKO KAWAMURA/ Staff Writer
July 28, 2024 at 12:36 JST
The Sumida River Fireworks Festival, a summer tradition in Tokyo since the feudal era, lit up the night sky July 27 in an explosion of color and big bangs.
Organizers said around 20,000 fireworks were fired from two barges on the Sumidagawa river over the course of an hour and a half.
Responding to an influx of foreign visitors to Japan, Sumida Ward for the first time this year created an English version of a general information map showing traffic regulations and placed QR codes around the venue for accessing the map.
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Fireworks light up the night sky over the Sumidagawa river in Tokyo on July 27. (Naoko Kawamura aboard an Asahi Shimbun helicopter)
