It’s summer in Japan and the season for fireworks… We went up onto a friend’s roof last night with some of these little handheld numbers… They call them “senkou hanabi”. This is what they look like before you light them:
And this is what they look like afterwards:

Click here to watch how they burn!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBQbtbxYIcY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8DWquffviY
My first two “youtube” videos! My apologies for the pixelation. I was using my mobile phone.