Comments on: Tanabata – Festival of Star Crossed Lovers

By: Re: On the Banks of the River of Heaven « Writing Every Day

Re: On the Banks of the River of Heaven « Writing Every Day — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 03:59:25 +0000

[...] On the Banks of the River of Heaven Posted on August 31, 2010 by Pam Phillips In Japan, Tanabata is a summer festival, based on a widely varying legend about two lovers who are now stars in the [...]

By: Bakemonogatari/CENCOROLL – Kimi no Shiranai Monogatari – Review | Anime Instrumentality Blog

Wed, 21 Apr 2010 00:40:03 +0000

[...] Nagi’s voice makes all the difference here. Miku, being the piece of software she is, cannot express the beauty of the lyrics quite like Nagi. In “Kimi no Shiranai Monogatari,” Nagi conveys unto us the clumsiness that she feels upon realizing her feelings for another person amidst the beautiful, starry backdrop of the night sky! And as she gazes out into the vastness of the galaxy, the energy from the instrumentals goes up a notch as to reflect her pounding heart resulting from looking at that wondrous sight while coming to terms with her feelings as she compares herself to the legend of Orihime and Hikoboshi (see Tanabata). [...]

By: Shane Sakata

Shane Sakata — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 07:46:52 +0000

Thank you for taking the time to stop by and comment at The Nihon Sun. Both of the images that you would like to use are use under a creative commons license that can be found at the bottom of the post under image credit.

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By: Mariko Kimura

Mariko Kimura — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 21:31:51 +0000

Hello, I’m japanese who is living in Mexico.

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By: The Envoy

The Envoy — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 14:37:27 +0000

The Tanabata legend sounds extremely similar to the ancient Chinese weaving girl legend: a story of forbidden love between the divine and mortal.

By: Aomori Nebuta Festival | Japan | Japan Travel | Nihon Sun

Aomori Nebuta Festival | Japan | Japan Travel | Nihon Sun — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 04:05:27 +0000

[...] historians believe that this event is a local variation of Tanabata celebrations, and others think it originated with a general who created large creatures to scare [...]

By: Tanabata « Haikugirl’s Japan

Tanabata « Haikugirl’s Japan — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 16:16:49 +0000

[...] I’ve read lots of blogs about various Tanabata celebrations across Japan, but I liked this one the best. Gorgeous photos. Apparently Tanabata is also celebrated in [...]

By: Genshin

Genshin — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 10:06:26 +0000

Good article. Thumbs up!

The Tanabata matsuri is held in Sendai in August. The decorations from the Shonan Hiratsuka Tanabata matsuri are transported to Sendai for the Tanabata matsuri there. Local businesses will add there own sponsorship, decorations and such to the decorations brought up from Hiratsuka.

Also, actually the decorations in Hiratsuka are lit up until midnight.