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Anjo City Tanabata Matsuri 2009

Posted by Erika's Mom On August - 10 - 2009 ADD COMMENTS

tanabata matsuri

Last month we celebrate Tanabata Matsuri at home and this time Erika loves the colorful Tanabata festival held in Anjo City where her father’s relatives live. According to my husband The festival starts 50 years before wherein on that time huge streamers were only made of papers and was being prepared many weeks before the festival comes.

tanabata matsuri streamers

Now, streamers are made up of cloth and shinny ribbons and is hanging everywhere.  Other  shops made contribution by putting their own creations in front of their restaurant or firms.

tanabata

dancers on the street

Dancers on the street

small shops on the street

These are small shops  or store selling foods like Okonomiyaki, hotdogs, grilled squid, kaki kori or ice cone, toys, ice cream, games and others.

face sketches

I  saw shops that offer to sketch your face and massage service.

photo gallery

There was also a photo gallery about world war II sponsor by Japanese soldiers.

matsuri attire

At the end of the day Erika got a blinking cat ears on her head in remembrance to the festival.

The jurisdiction of the festivity is too wide that major streets need to be close and it lasts for three days.

Tanabata Festival ‘08

Posted by admin On July - 7 - 2008 1 COMMENT
Today is “Tanabata Matsuri” here in Japan. Tanabata means “evening of the seventh star”, this festival is derived from Chinese star festival. It celebrates the meeting of Orihime (Vega) and Hikoboshi (Altair). The Milky Way, a river made from stars that crosses the sky, separates these lovers, and they are allowed to meet only once a year on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month of the lunisolar calendar. Since the stars come out at night, the celebration is held at night. In the big cities mainly along shopping malls and streets they celebrate this festival by hanging huge colorful streamers while on the sidewalks are small shops build only during this festival. The shop maybe selling foods or things , some are services like massage. There are also parade and other entertainment show. Anyway I’m celebrating this festival inside our house by writing wishes in the paper and hang it on the decorated bamboo, I mean mom and dad wrote the wishes and decorated the bamboo.

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