Japanese Kites| Traditional art and technology in modern kite flying

If you want to impress your friends, then there’s nothing better than getting some Japanese kites. No matter how you look at it, thousands of years before the western world saw any man made flying device, they were already flying kites in China and Japan. Even today, most impressive Japanese kites come from the same region they were first invented.

Even if you’re pleased to see just a single kite flying leisurely in the sky, watching those mammoth giant dragon kites, piloted by dozens of pilots is a sight to behold. But if you’re after dexterity and accuracy, they also have lots of events where you can watch kites battle “to the death” (which in kite terms means: cutting the opponents control line.) Most likely, whatever you may imagine you can do with a Japanese kite, the Japanese have done it already – and actually do a lot more thing you never thought possible.

Fortunately, things are now a lot different than they were back in the days of Marco Polo (the one responsible from bringing kites back to the western world, centuries ago.) Today, anyone can learn all there is to learn about "Japanese kites" on the internet using online resources. However, no matter how much technology evolves, there’s something that you’ll never be able to do sitting at your computer: and that’s flying a kite into the clear blue sky.