Kyoto is home to many famous celebrations throughout the year, including the Kameoka Hozugawa Fireworks Festival. With a history of over 70 years, this dazzling display of hanabi (fireworks) will amaze you and the 75,000 other attendees expected to attend. The Kameoka Hozugawa Fireworks Festival has roots in the years after World War II. With the local community and much of the country rebuilding after the end of the war, the city of Kameoka began this festival. Hoping to promote peace in the aftermath of war and bring the community together, Kameoka citizens founded the festival in 1953. Kame…