On the way to work this morning, I heard a story on NPR about summer hanabi (fireworks) shows in Japan. It was an excellent, albeit short, piece by J.R. Reid. His description was perfect, in that compared to American fireworks shows, the Japanese fireworks shows last a long time, from two to three hours.

He also said that the “greatest love song in Japanese pop music” was “Ano Natsu no Hanabi” by Dreams Come True (Dorikamu) and played a bunch of that song. I don’t know if that is truly the greatest love song in Japanese pop music, but I remember listening to that song a bunch in 95 or 96 before I moved to Japan. It was one of my favorite songs by Dreams Come True. It was funny hearing that song, and it brought back so many memories, since it was my favorite song for a time, and I haven’t heard it in almost ten years. After I moved to Japan, I didn’t really listen to them anymore. Maybe it was because there was just so many choices of Jpop to listen to, whereas in L.A., Dorikamu cd’s were easy to come by. I saw the disc in my collection a month ago, maybe I should put it in my cd player… Anyways, give the story a listen!