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  2. Fireworks - Wikipedia

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    An illustration of a fireworks display from the 1628–1643 edition of the Ming Dynasty novel Jin Ping Mei An etching of the Royal Fireworks display on the Thames, London, England, in 1749 An 18th-century illustration of Chinese fireworks from an English abstract of an account of China by French Jesuit Pierre Nicolas d'Incarville A firework display for Muḥammad Sháh, portrayed seated and ...

  3. Sumidagawa Fireworks Festival - Wikipedia

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    2026 date. July 25. ( 2026-07-25) Tokyo Skytree. The Sumidagawa Fireworks Festival ( Japanese: 隅田川花火大会, Hepburn: Sumidagawa Hanabi Taikai) is an annual fireworks festival held on the last Saturday in July, over the Sumidagawa near Asakusa. The Sumidagawa Hanabi Taikai follows the Japanese tradition of being a competition between ...

  4. Tenjin Matsuri - Wikipedia

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    Tenjin Matsuri is a festival held throughout Japan on the 24 and 25 July every year at Tenmangū shrines. The festival commemorates the death anniversary of the deity Sugawara no Michizane, of these festivals, the one held in Osaka at Osaka Tenmangu Shrine is the largest. The celebrations climax with a 100 river-boat procession and fireworks show.

  5. Bombing of Nagaoka - Wikipedia

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    1,486 killed. 65.5 to 80 percent of the city destroyed. The bombing of Nagaoka (長岡空襲, Nagaoka kūshū) took place on the night of 1 August 1945, as part of the strategic bombing air raids on Japan campaign waged by the United States against military and civilian targets and population centers in the Japan home islands during the closing ...

  6. Fireworks policy of the United States - Wikipedia

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    Class 1.3G (Fire, Minor Blast:Pyrotechnics) UN0335 Fireworks (Most Display Fireworks) Current federal law states that without appropriate ATF license/permit, the possession or sale of any display/professional fireworks is a felony punishable by up to 5 years in prison. Any ground salute device with over 50 milligrams of explosive composition.

  7. Japanese New Year - Wikipedia

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    The Japanese New Year (正月, Shōgatsu) is an annual festival that takes place in Japan. Since 1873, the official Japanese New Year has been celebrated according to the Gregorian calendar, on January 1 of each year, New Year's Day (元日, Ganjitsu). Prior to 1872, traditional events of the Japanese New Year were celebrated on the first day ...

  8. Timeline of Japanese history - Wikipedia

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    The 1586 Tenshō earthquake strikes central Honshu, killing thousands. 1587. Toyotomi Hideyoshi launches the Kyūshū campaign . 1590. 4 August. Toyotomi Hideyoshi prevails over the Late Hōjō clan in the siege of Odawara in the Kantō region, completing the re-unification of Japan. 1591. 8 October.

  9. Japanese festivals - Wikipedia

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    Japanese festivals are traditional festive occasions often celebrated with dance and music in Japan.In Japan, festivals are called matsuri (祭り), and the origin of the word matsuri is related to the kami (神, Shinto deities), and there are theories that the word matsuri is derived from matsu (待つ) meaning "to wait (for the kami to descend)", tatematsuru (献る) meaning "to make ...