Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on August 2011

Firework season is almost over but you can catch the remaining hanabi with this firecracking smartphone app from Yahoo. On the iPhone you can get daily fest updates, last-minute updates (e.g. due to weather), photos from last year, and even a checklist you can tick off as you walk down the aisle of Ito Yokado buying all the necessaries (protective armor, check; gallon of highly-flammable liquid, check). The Android app will display the must-have items for this season, the best-selling yukata and other things you can wear with pizzazz as the gunpowder permeates your nostril lining.
http://hanabi.yahoo.co.jp/iphone