Sumida River Fireworks Festival
Jun 20, 2017, 8:09 pm
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Sumida River Fireworks Festival
Will be in Japan on July 29th and the Sumida River Fireworks festival is that night. Would love to see it, but will have my in-laws in their 70s and my kids (7 and 1) with us - 6 in total.
Sitting out in the heat to reserve a spot or continually moving around is probably not an option, so have been searching for someplace that I could reserve seating - either a restaurant, viewing party, etc (willing to spend the money on that). The Skytree restaurant does not take infants and I did not have a Japanese credit card to try for the lottery there. Outside of those have only found a few boat options which seems to be a 4:00 to midnight commitment - also not really an option.
Wondering if anyone here has any experience or ideas?
Sitting out in the heat to reserve a spot or continually moving around is probably not an option, so have been searching for someplace that I could reserve seating - either a restaurant, viewing party, etc (willing to spend the money on that). The Skytree restaurant does not take infants and I did not have a Japanese credit card to try for the lottery there. Outside of those have only found a few boat options which seems to be a 4:00 to midnight commitment - also not really an option.
Wondering if anyone here has any experience or ideas?
Jun 20, 2017, 10:28 pm
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In your situation, personally, I'd try the funabori observation tower.
http://www.japan-trip.jp/area/asakus...ion-tower.html
http://www.japan-trip.jp/area/asakus...ion-tower.html