Tanabata(七夕)

| | TrackBacks (0)

Tanabata (七夕, tanabata?, meaning "Evening of the seventh") is a Japanese star festival, derived from the Chinese festival, Qi Xi (七夕 "Thr Night of Sevens")

220px-Tanabata.jpgIn present-day Japan, people generally celebrate this day by writing wishes, sometimes in the form of poetry, on tanzaku (短冊, tanzaku?), small pieces of paper, and hanging them on bamboo sometimes with other decorations. Many areas in Japan have their own Tanabata.

450px-Tanzaku.jpg

This is vPaper strips (短冊; Tanzaku)

Wishes for good handwriting and studies.

 

 

DSCF6683.JPG

We write down our wishes..

DSCF6682.JPG 

 

  I hope my wish comes true....

 

 

0 TrackBacks

Listed below are links to blogs that reference this entry: Tanabata(七夕).

TrackBack URL for this entry: http://www.sakura-hotel-hatagaya.com/blog/mt-tb.cgi/337