The committee for Chikugo-gawa Fireworks Festival announced that their annual summer event would be rescheduled to October 25. The fireworks festival boasting a 360-year history traditionally takes place on August 5 in Kurume City. However, this year a shortage of security staff is anticipated during the games of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. The committee explained that the rescheduled event would be held on the same scale as usual. Source: Yahoo 02/20/2020
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