Fireworks for peace

[Akira]

Every August 15th, the day of Japan's surrender and the end of WW2, we have a firework festival hosted by the Ota ward who declared the city of peace.  The firework festival also commemorates all the victims of the war.

The firework can be observed from the emergency stairs of my place, so I've made it a habit to take pictures of them.  Here are some results.

Here is the first set.

[Akira]

And this is the second set.

Hope you enjoy them.

[Jakov Minić]

Akira, these are beautiful!
I like the buildings and their silhouettes
 

[Hugh_3170]

Nice work Akira and thanks for sharing and the story behind them.

There are no winners where war is concerned, but these images certainly are.  Beautiful as Jakov has said.

Akira, these are beautiful!
I like the buildings and their silhouettes

[Akira]

Jakov, thanks (and thanks for "like it" in Facebook)!  Indeed these buildings work not only nicely as compositional elements but also as guides to assess the size of the fireworks.

Hugh, thanks for kind words.  I wholeheartedly agree with your notion about the war.

[Thomas Stellwag]

the buildings give a good impression of the high of the  fireworks and they give a link to the reason of the event
I strongly hope it still affects people in its original meaning
thanks for sharing these very good pictures

[Mike G]

If I'm correct the Japanese translation of fireworks is "fire flowers" a very apt description in this case!

Hopefully I'm right.

[armando_m]

the emergency stairs are quite versatile

Great series Akira!

[Akira]

Thomas, thanks for stopping by.  Considering what is going on in the world these days, the original meaning of the festival is felt more strongly.

Mike, you are right.  We call the fireworks "Hana-bi" in Japanese which exactly means "flower of fire".

Thanks,  Armando!  I think this is more desirable use of the emergency stairs. 

[elsa hoffmann]

beautifully done! thanks for sharing

[Olivier]

shot from the perfect location!
This is very enjoyable and you had every parameter well under control, congratulations!
Olivier

[Akira]

Thanks, Elsa.  Glad you like the images!

Olivier, thanks for kind comments.  Hopefully my technique has improved over the years. 

[Anirban Halder]

Neat work Akira. Very impressive. I like every single one of them!

[Akira]

Thanks, Anirban!  Glad you enjoy them!