Ainu Fire Knife in Climax !

by Kazu

The sound of shot like the tune of woodwinds went up to the sky and the explosion of the gunpowder balls followed. The flowers of the light bloomed in the dark sky and sound of popping of the fire like in the fireplace followed. 

During the fire performance of the indigenous people of Hokkaido Ainu, the fireworks continued to make sounds of explosion and flashing in the sky so nicely. 

The flowers of fire continued to bloom and disappear again and again in the dark sky. Soon the enthusiasm of the performance of Ainu was rising up and brightness of the flames went up to the peak. 

 

For the people who died in the War !

 

Tradition or Entertainment ?

by Kazu

I do not think the original arrangement of the traditional dance and music of the indigenous people in Hokkaido Ainu was like that in front of us but as kind of entertainment, they mixed up their traditional way to perform and more attractive and fascinating one to hand down their original own to the next generations.

A glaring flame split into two, four and six. The dance performance started with the mouth harp solo under the stars. At the peak of the frequency of the mouth harp clicking, the fireworks started and the sound of explosion made the audience look back on the mountain side.  

The costs of the fireworks and the Ainu performance must be covered with the hotel chain or the Tourism Association in Kutchan and Niseko but for that, they have to make the way of alluring more tourists and show the specific vision of the future.

 

The Last Fire Knife by Ainu in 2025 !

by Kazu

The beautiful scenery like an illusion was getting vague in our memories but at the end of the trekking beside the trail of lights, a breathtaking performance by the indigenous people in Hokkaido Ainu started with the mysterious sound of the mouth harp made of a string and wood.

The solo mouth harp player continued to play in the darkness and soon a flame appeared at the center of the light circle. The guests staying in Hotel Park Hyatt could watch the show from their room.

The last performance of Ainu-version fire knife started just before the start of fireworks for several minutes. It was a little it hard to take photos of their performance and the fireworks in a shot.  

 

The Art of Lights and Darkness !

by Kazu

The trail of the optical fiber display like the Milky Way or the way to the eternal world led to the stage of the performance by the indigenous people in Hokkaido Ainu like the fire knife dance in Hawaii and other Polynesian islands.    

As there was no limelight along the way of lights, we should be careful to step forward. It was the time to say good-bye to the summer of 2025 and prepare for the coming cold winter. 

For that, our appetite will be stimulated to take in calories and minerals as well as vitamin. Such kind of relaxation at the end of summer tickles our immune system before the exposure to the contagious disease.                                                             

 

The End of summer of 2025!

by Kazu

We will be missing the hot summer and the art of light made of optical fibers and LED in winter but the White Illumination in Sapporo City had already started and will continue until the preparation of Sapporo Snow Festival will start in coming January of 2026.  

The displays of the WHite Illumination in Sapporo City is more glaring and brighter than these optical fibers like light emitting jellowfish in the deep sea but we love the calm and subtle display like in deram. 

Soon the last performance by the indigenous people in Hokkaido Ainu like the fire knife in Hawaii and other Polynesian islands would start in front of Hotel Part Hyatt Niseko Hanazono and we hurried up to walk down to to there.

 

Hotel Park Hyatt Niseko Hanazono autumnal illumination !2025 5

by Kazu

It was so calm and the winds made the optical fibers swinging on the hillside of Mt. Niseko Annupri. It must have been so tough to set up those illuminations on the hillside up to the higher lift station.

Walking down along those lights on the hillside from the upper end station of the lift, we took photos  and indulge in the atmosphere like an illusion. So comfortable winds passed by and took away our concerns and fears.

The lights were swinging and inviting us to the world of imagination. Even if the temperature was low, so comfortable hot spring spa must be waiting for you to make all the menaces around you disappear.