By HIDEKI MUROYA/ Staff Writer
June 10, 2024 at 08:00 JST
Members of Team Omagari, from left, Tadanobu Komatsu, Kentaro Saito, Kazuyuki Kumekawa and Yoshikazu Konno, pose for a photo in Daisen, Akita Prefecture, on March 12. The pyrotechnics team will compete at an international event scheduled in July in Canada. (Hideki Muroya)
DAISEN, Akita Prefecture--Billed as one of Japan’s top fireworks festivals, the 96th All-Japan National Fireworks Competition will be held Aug. 31 along the Omonogawa river here, organizers announced. [Read More]
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