日本の夏の風物詩、花火。日本人は花火を見ると「た～まや～」と叫ぶ習慣があるけど、何故「たまや」なのかは、あまり知られていないような気がする。私は今さっき知った。Wikipediaで。どうやら江戸の人気の花火業者が玉屋だったらしく、称賛の意も含んで江戸の人が叫んでいた名残らしい。ちなみに老舗は鍵屋。今さら「か～ぎや～」なんて叫べないなー。
HANABI, fireworks, are a feature of summer in Japan. It's customary for Japanese to shout 'Ta~MaYa~' in looking at HANABI. But I guess that the reason why do we say "Tamaya". isn't popular. I knew it just now. On Wikipedia. Somehow it seems that popular fireworks maker in the Edo era was Tamaya and that shout including praise from the Edo people have remained. By the way, the oldest fireworks maker is Kagiya. I can't shout 'Ka~GiYa~' after such a long time.
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次々打ち上がる花火は、花束みたいだった。
As HANABI were launched one after another, it looked like a bouquet.
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