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Eight great words for talking about summer in Japan in Japanese
- Casey Baseel
Jul 24, 2026 - Tweet
Taking a break in the shade? Here’s some Japanese vocabulary and cultural knowledge that could be yours by the time you step back into the sun.
- Japan
- (cicadas • COK • fireworks • Japanese language • learning japanese • linguistics • SNO • summer)
Japan’s “edible fireworks” wagashi sweets return, but only for a limited time [Photos]
- Casey Baseel
Jul 20, 2026
![Japan’s “edible fireworks” wagashi sweets return, but only for a limited time [Photos]](https://soranews24.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2026/07/3_9affc3.jpg?w=640 "Japan’s “edible fireworks” wagashi sweets return, but only for a limited time [Photos]")
In business for over 70 years, this traditional confectioner figured out how to turn the suspension of a Japanese tradition into a new one of their own.
- Japan
- (beautiful • cool • fireworks • food • Japanese food • Japanese sweets • Okamedo • sweets • wagashi)
Starbucks Japan releases new fireworks collection that captures the beauty of a summer festival
- Oona McGee
Jul 19, 2026
Mysterious colour-changing cups and sparkly Bearista straw caps, inspired by a Japanese fireworks festival.
- Japan
- (Bearista • cups • drinkware • fireworks • limited edition • merchandise • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • summer • tumblers)
Set sail on top of a giant pirate ship to watch Japan’s summer fireworks
- Elliot Hale
Jul 10, 2026
Why fight the landlubbers on shore for a decent view when you can take to the waters of Lake Ashi for a crowd-free festival?
- Japan
- (boats • COK • fireworks • fireworks festivals • Hakone • Japan travel • Kanagawa • Lake Ashi • Lake Ashinoko • pirate boat • pirate ship • summer festivals • tourism • travel)
Huge display of drones and fireworks together coming to Osaka this June
- Master Blaster
May 13, 2026
You got your drones in my fireworks! You got your fireworks in my drones!
- Japan
- (drones • events • Fire Brand • fireworks • Inakako Fireworks • Kato Fireworks • Katsuragi Fireworks • Maishima Sports Island • Osaka • Osaka Bay Skylumina • Red Cliff • shows)
Don’t miss the Tokyo Tower City Light Fantasia Summer Landscape 2026 event during your travels
- Krista Rogers
May 12, 2026
This year’s immersive lights display takes inspiration from the atmosphere of a Japanese summer festival with firework and firefly designs.
- Japan
- (beautiful • events • fireworks • lights • naked • projection mapping • summer • Tokyo Tower • Tokyo Tower City Light Fantasia)
Bruno Mars to hold fireworks shows in Saitama and Osaka this November
- Master Blaster
Sep 9, 2025
Fireworks that are too good to say goodbye to.
- Japan
- (Bruno Mars • entertainment • events • fireworks • music • Osaka • Saitama • Saitama Stadium 2002 • Sennan Long Park • The Bruno Mars Fireworks Show)
Braving a Japanese national fireworks competition with 10x more people than the city population
- Master Blaster
Sep 5, 2025
Small town turns into major city for one night.
- Japan
- (Akita Prefecture • beautiful • COK • Daisen • events • fireworks • fireworks festivals • Omagari Fireworks • Omono River • SNJO • summer • tourism • travel)
Giant Disney characters appear in the night sky of Japan’s Tochigi Prefecture【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Aug 5, 2025
Disney’s Magic in the Air show partners with Ashikaga summer fireworks festival.
- Japan
- (COK • cool • Disney • drone shows • drones • fireworks • fireworks festicals • Little Mermaid • Mickey Mouse • SNJO)
Mt. Fuji festival to combine fireworks and cherry blossoms for unforgettably beautiful night
- Casey Baseel
Feb 26, 2025
“One-of-a-kind premium fireworks” event offers amazing views with eye-popping ticket prices.
How Japanese people deal with death at Nagasaki’s Shoro Nagashi ceremony
- Oona McGee
Aug 23, 2024
Honouring the dead in a moving way that aids the grieving process.
- Japan
- (ancestor worship • COK • culture • festivals • fireworks • holidays • Japanese festivals • Mariko Ohanabatake • Nagasaki • Obon • Shoro Nagashi • SNJO • Spirit Boat Procession • summer • tradition • travel)
Santa Claus is coming to town in a rocket in Japan this summer
- Master Blaster
Aug 18, 2024
I saw Santa kissing the sky.
- Japan
- (Christmas • fireworks • Masanuki Sunakoma • Santa Claus • summer • Tonde Santa)
The unusual and surprising ways people in Nagasaki celebrate Obon, the festival of spirits
- Oona McGee
Aug 16, 2024
One of the few places in Japan where you’ll see families setting off fireworks at the cemetery.
- Japan
- (ancestor worship • cemetery • COK • culture • fireworks • graves • gravestone • graveyard • holidays • Mariko Ohanabatake • Nagasaki • Obon • SNJO • summer • tradition • travel)
Lighting up some luxury Japanese sparklers bought from a supermarket checkout
- Master Blaster
Jun 25, 2024
You’d be hard-pressed to find a better sparkler than these.
- Japan
- (COK • fireworks • Inoue Toy Fireworks • Masanuki Sunakoma • senko hanabi • SNJO • sparklers)
Final Fantasy XIV fireworks show celebrates 10 years with 14,000 fireworks, drone art, and music
- Casey Baseel
Sep 1, 2023
Second performance of video game’s 10th anniversary celebration is scheduled for this fall.
- Japan
- (awesome • cool • drone art • drone show • drones • Final Fantasy • Final Fantasy XIV • fireworks • Square Enix • video games)
Are Glowing Box Monster Mummy fireworks a curse or a pharaoh-nomenon?
- Master Blaster
Aug 5, 2023
The mummy awakens!
- Japan
- (fireworks • Glowing Box Monster Mummy • Masanuki Sunakoma • monsters • mummies • summer • Tateiwa Shoten)
Goldfish fireworks from Japan are meant to be enjoyed submerged in a bucket of water
- Master Blaster
Jul 18, 2023
Smooooooke on the waaaater…
- Japan
- (buckets • fireworks • Goldfish Fireworks • Masanuki Sunakoma • product reviews • shopping • summer • underwater)
Sparks fly when the Crazy Head comes to dinner from century-old fireworks shop in Nagasaki
- Master Blaster
Jul 18, 2023
Don’t blow your top, blow theirs!
Trying out Amazon Japan’s lowest-rated fireworks with 60 consecutive shots
- Master Blaster
Jun 22, 2023
Sparks fly with this much-maligned piece of pyrotechnics.
- Internet, Japan
- (Amazon Japan • Amazon lowest-rated • fireworks • Masanuki Sunakoma • product reviews • Rokumaru Damashi • shopping • summer)
Missed it live? Enjoy highlights of the Zekkei Hanabi Mt. Fuji 2023 show here instead【Video】
- Krista Rogers
May 3, 2023
Japan’s Big Four fireworks craftsmen bring a one-of-a-kind performance from vision to reality against the breathtaking backdrop of Mt. Fuji.
- Japan
- (beautiful • COK • cool • fireworks • Fujiten Snow Resort • Mt. Fuji • travel • video • Yamanashi Prefecture)
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Chainsaw robots helping keep trains running safely in east Japan [Video]
New Studio Ghibli anime gets extended run at the only cinema in Japan where it’s being shown
Tokyo train station will play Godzilla theme song as new departure melody
Osaka’s famous Glico Running Man will be removed and replaced with a new-look sign
Studio Ghibli creates illustrated Kyoto sightseeing map, available at any 7-Eleven Japan store- Japan ends tax-free shopping system for foreign tourists, new refund request system now in effect
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Japan announces sudden 400-percent increase in visa fees for foreigners entering the country
Japan’s human washing machines will go on sale to general public, demos to be held in Tokyo
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Starbucks Japan releases new drinkware and goods for Valentine’s Day
Starbucks Japan releases new sakura goods and drinkware for cherry blossom season 2026
Japan’s newest Shinkansen has no seats…or passengers [Video]
Tokyo subway installing new ticket gates that don’t accept payment through Suica or other IC cards
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