Last Saturday I was still recovering from being sick (update: I caught a monster of a cold. I tried to call in sick but all I got was "do your best. Rest until classes, right?" Gahhhhh). But I was determined not to let anything stand between me and the Onoda Festival. It was near Sunpark so after I spent as long as I could recovering in bed, I took my Harry Potter book to Starbucks where a coffee frappuchino kept me company until the other teachers showed up. Miyoko, one of the Benda secretaries (who is amazing at English) came with Anne. So at 7 we left Starbucks and right around the corner were about a dozen little shops of takoyaki (octopus ball-pancakes with sauce, very delicious), yakisoba (fried noodles with veggies and sauce, you've probably eaten it), kakigori (snow cones!), and yakitori (grilled chicken). I was starving so I bolted to the yakitori stand to buy 3 sticks of chicken for 3 dollars, or 300 yen rather. Since I was a foreigner, they gave me a stick of pineapple too (Try Japanese Pineapple! Delicious! Delicious!). Ah, sometimes there are perks to being gawked at every other day.First Miyoko took us to the roof of the mall to watch them, and then she changed her mind. She said no, this isn't good enough! Then down we went, outside, and across a parking lot to a giant baseball field to get front row seats. An old lady saw we had nothing to sit on and offered us plastic bags which made my shorts very happy to receive. Then the show started! It was an average firework show first, then halfway through four pillars of fire began to burn with the music, and then a light show began with lazers!
From behind us bubbles also drifted up! Then add some more fireworks and what do you get? One top notch firework festival (hanabi taikai). So glad I went despite being the sniffle queen. Just wow!!! It was even better than Ube!
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