Ever wonder what it looks like to dump 100,000 solar-powered LED lights into a river at night. This was done at the recent Hotaru Festival 2012 in Tokyo. Looks kind of pretty.
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11 thoughts on “Tokyo Hotaru Festival 2012”
Hi,
A great video, it does look fantastic with all the lights, and I love how the lights were turning in the huge tower in the background as well, it just gave an added touch I feel. 🙂
I seen this done in Calgary once, but it was during the day and it was rubber ducks. Each one had a number and if your number you bought won the race, you got a large prize. This is just a wee bit more impressive.
The rubber ducky one here used a boom to catch them but the odd one is still found. That river is considerably bigger than the one used here. Likely still a boom of some sort.
Hi,
A great video, it does look fantastic with all the lights, and I love how the lights were turning in the huge tower in the background as well, it just gave an added touch I feel. 🙂
Another place on the list. sighhh!!
Yes I also have one of those lists and just keeps getting longer. 😀
That is so cool.
A great idea.
Beautiful. I love this!
I seen this done in Calgary once, but it was during the day and it was rubber ducks. Each one had a number and if your number you bought won the race, you got a large prize. This is just a wee bit more impressive.
Cool concept but I liked the sound of pedals/oar hitting the water even more.
I missed that. Probably had the music turned up. Thanks for pointing that out
Very cool.
I wonder if that’s any hazard for jet skis or small propellor boats.
And if they collect them afterwards, or just let them float away.
The rubber ducky one here used a boom to catch them but the odd one is still found. That river is considerably bigger than the one used here. Likely still a boom of some sort.