Fireworks spectacle over the Sumida river

This weekend, one of Tokyo’s most prestigous fireworks festivals, Sumidagawa Hanabi, took place over the Sumida river.

The pyrotechnic festivity with 20,000 fireworks — and about the same amount of spectators — lasted about an hour and a half.

What’s really great about Japanese hanabi is that fireworks last really long — the rockets keep exploding without breaks for an hour or even more. Organizers spend months preparing for these events.

We dug up a couple of videos showing this year’s sparkling Sumidagawa Hanabi. Watch: