長崎風頭凧揚の賑ひ
Kite Flying on Kazagashira, Nagasaki
In Nagasaki, kites are called hata, and the fun is less in flying high than in hata gassen, kite battles where fliers cross lines to cut each other's kites. Kazagashira, named in the title, is a hill about 152 meters high, some 3 kilometers east of Nagasaki Station, and a favorite place to fly them.
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In Nagasaki, kites are called hata, and kite flying in spring counts as one of the city's three great events, along with the Nagasaki Kunchi festival and Shoro Nagashi, which sends off the spirits of the dead. Kazagashira, named in the photo's title, is a hill about 152 meters high, some 3 kilometers east of Nagasaki Station, long loved as a place to fly kites.
Nagasaki kite flying is less about how high a kite can go and more about hata gassen, "kite battles," in which fliers cross lines with other kites to cut them. The lines are coated with bidoro yoma, a paste mixed with powdered glass. Many of the kites have clean, simple designs in white, blue and red.
Kazagashira Park today has an observation deck and a statue of Sakamoto Ryoma looking out to sea. In spring, people fly kites on Mount Kazagashira, Tohakkei and the other hills around the city.
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