逗子花火は至ってローカルな催しで、至近距離に見上げる花火が魅力と以前にも紹介したが、昨年は東日本大震災が起きてすぐに中止されてしまい、今年は2年ぶりの開催となった。夏前のこの時期でも押しかけた人たちが多かったのだろう、昨日の逗子界隈の道路はかなり渋滞がひどかった。季節はずれの開催理由のひとつに、海の家が建った後の海岸では人出の多さが処理不能レベルに近い状態との判断もあったようだ。
我々はちょっと場所を変えて披露山公園で鑑賞してみることにした。ここに向かう道路は庭園住宅のところで係員に止められるので車ではアクセス不可と見るべきだ。2時間前にはまだあまり人は集まっていなかったが、場所取りはしっかり確保済みとなっていて、海が見晴らせるところはほとんどない。手摺りの外に出て斜面に陣取るのが唯一撮影に適した場所だった。木々などの遮蔽物で低い位置の花火は見えにくいので、ここは海岸の混雑を避けて雰囲気を楽しむ鑑賞場所ということだろう。
Zushi
Fireworks was cancelled last year right after the 3.11 earthquake/tsunami
disaster, but it came back last night after 2 years of patience. The beach must
have been packed by visitors because the traffic in Zushi during the day was so
bad. One of reasons why they decided the event so early before the summer was
the timing before building the beach shacks for more space while inviting less
audience to avoid an overflow.
We went to
Hiroyama Park this year as a change. The cars cannot access the park because
the road is blocked at the entrance of Hiroyama Park Mansions. At 2 hours
before the show, there were few people gathered yet, but the good spots were
already taken and it was impossible to get the view overlooking the bay. We
realized that the ideal area to photo-shoot was to go beyond the guradrails and
sit on the slope. The fireworks in lower hights tended to be blocked by the
trees or other obstacles and thus this was the place to enjoy the atmosphere
rather than watching the full view of fireworks while avoiding too many people
on the beach.
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