The '''Kumano Fireworks''' (熊野大花火大会 ''kumano ō-hanabi taikai'') is a giant fireworks show in the southern Mie city of [[Kumano]].
 
The '''Kumano Fireworks''' (熊野大花火大会 ''kumano ō-hanabi taikai'') is a giant fireworks show in the southern Mie city of [[Kumano]].
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It is the biggest fireworks festival in Mie Prefecture.
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It is the biggest fireworks festival in Mie Prefecture and one of the most famous shows in Japan because it is one of the only major fireworks displays not to be located near one of the urban country's major metro areas.
    
==Description==
 
==Description==
With about 10,000 booms, this is Mie's single biggest fireworks performance!  It's a huge fireworks show held right on a beach in Kumano, and it includes the famed "water-surface fireworks".
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With about 10,000 booms, this is Mie's single biggest fireworks performance!  It's a huge fireworks show held right on a beach in Kumano, and it includes the famed "water-surface fireworks" where a ship leaves self-exploding fireworks in its wake, sailing away just fast enough to make sure it isn't hit by the explosion.
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'''One of the fireworks will probably set the nearby mountain on fire!'''  This is seriously a spectacular fireworks show.
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'''One of the fireworks sets will probably set the nearby mountain on fire!'''  This is seriously a spectacular fireworks show.
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Food and drink is available at nearby matsuri-esque festivals
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Food and drink is available at nearby matsuri-esque food stalls.
    
==Seating==
 
==Seating==
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