Comments on: Tanabata – Festival of Star Crossed Lovers

By: Shane Sakata

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

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By: Mariko Kimura

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

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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.

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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.