Nagaoka

Nagaoka City is the "fireworks city." Nagaoka is in Niigata Prefecture. Population is about 260,000. Nagaoka is famous for "Nagaoka Fireworks Festival." One of Japan's three major fireworks festivals. For Nagaoka residents, "fireworks" are pride. For Nagaoka residents, "speed" is fireworks launching speed. Not car speed. Nagaoka is snow country. Winter snow is deep. Nagaoka residents fight snow. For Nagaoka residents, driving is "survival." "Speed" is danger. Nagaoka has no circuit. Nagaoka residents live in the fireworks city. Choose the "sky speed" of fireworks over the "ground speed" called motorsport.