Fireworks launching tubes outside Katakai post office, Katakai, Japan, April 6 2009.

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Katakai Fireworkds Co., Ltd, in Japan makes the world's largest firework - the 420kg "yonshakudama". Only two are made a year and both launched during the Katakai festival in early September.

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Size: 3360px × 5050px
Location: Katakai Fireworks Co., Ltd, Katakai, Japan.
Photo credit: © TONY MCNICOL / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: company, factory, fireworks, gunpowder, japa, katakai, launching, manufacture, tube, yonshakudama