

The video was also created using the FWsim software. FWsim is a digital fireworks simulation software, according to its.

An internet search for the video reveals it previously appeared on YouTube in 2015, under the title FWsim Mount Fuji Synchronized Fireworks Show2. Many people this year visited temples and shrines on New Year’s Eve, according to Japan Today.Ĭheck Your Fact previously debunked a video in 2020 claiming to show fireworks during the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. But it doesn’t show an Olympic fireworks display, nor a real one, for that matter. An annual New Year’s Eve countdown at Tokyo’s Shibuya crossing was canceled this year due to concerns about COVID-19, Sky News reported. New Year’s Eve in Japan is “typically spent at home with family” and “countdown events are not all that common,” according to Tokyo Cheapo. Its website features several fireworks simulation videos set in a variety of locations around the world. FWsim Mount Fuji Synchronized Fireworks Show 3 (Japan) FWsim Mount Fuji Synchronized. Through a reverse image search, Check Your Fact found the same video was shared on Youtube in November 2014, with the title, “FWsim Mount Fuji Synchronized Fireworks Show.” FWsim is a simulation software that allows users to create realistic-looking, computer-generated videos of fireworks.

The video, however, does not show a real fireworks display that occurred in Japan. (RELATED: Did The Japanese Movie ‘Akira’ Predict The Coronavirus Outbreak?) “Japan New Years FireWorks are so ,” reads text included in the video.
