The nightitme portion of the Oomagari Fireworks Competition in Akita (秋田) is 2 hours of amazing fireworks. The Oomagari Fireworks Competition also has a unique daytime fireworks competition, that is held before sunset. (previous post).

With an audience of close to a million people coming from across Japan, getting the people back home is quite a task.

With the streets closed off, taxi drivers have nothing to do…