Squid-patterned fireworks successful in Hakodate

HAKODATE, Japan - Squid-patterned fireworks explode in the night sky over Hakodate on southern tip of Hokkaido on Aug. 16 during a summer festival in the city's Yunokawa district. Festival organizers had tried in vain to use such squid-patterned fireworks over the past two years. (Kyodo)

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