These kaleidoscopic images showcase the sheer beauty of the mammoth firework displays held across Japan every summer. The Japanese word for fireworks, hanabi, means fire flower, and each year, local governments in Japan throw around 7,000 festivals, or hanabi taikai. Photographer Makoto Igari, 32, has spent the last three years diligently following the festivals across his homeland, covering rainbow-colored bursts exploding over vast crowds, displays bright enough to illuminate the cities below and works of incredible symmetry. Here: Star Island, Daiba, Minato Ward Tokyo Prefecture. (Photo by Makoto Igari/Caters News Agency)





Nagaoka Festival Grand Fireworks Show, Ngaoka City, Niigata Prefecture. (Photo by Makoto Igari/Caters News Agency)





Akagawa Fireworks Display, Tsuruoka City, Yamagata Prefecture. (Photo by Makoto Igari/Caters News Agency)





Kihoku Lantern Festival, Kihoku Twon, Mie Prefecture. (Photo by Makoto Igari/Caters News Agency)





Oyama Summer Festival, Oyama City, Tochigi Prefecture. (Photo by Makoto Igari/Caters News Agency)





Tsuchiura National Fireworks Competition, Tsuchiura City, Ibaraki Prefecture. (Photo by Makoto Igari/Caters News Agency)





Tamamura Fireworks Display, Tamamura Town, Gunma Prefecture. (Photo by Makoto Igari/Caters News Agency)





Koga Fireworks Display, Koga City, Ibaraki Prefecture. (Photo by Makoto Igari/Caters News Agency)





Hitachi Sand Art Festival, Hitachi City, Ibaraki Prefecture. (Photo by Makoto Igari/Caters News Agency)





Akagawa Fireworks Display, Tsuruoka City, Yamagata Prefecture. (Photo by Makoto Igari/Caters News Agency)





Nagaoka Festival Grand Fireworks Show, Ngaoka City, Niigata Prefecture. (Photo by Makoto Igari/Caters News Agency)





Nagaoka Festival Grand Fireworks Show, Ngaoka City, Niigata Prefecture. (Photo by Makoto Igari/Caters News Agency)