2019/07/20
The Tanabata Festival was held on July 5. We wrote our wishes on the strips and hang it on a bamboo tree. After we talked about our wishes in front of everyone. Compared to when we enrolled, surprisingly we really improved in Japanese. Tanabata festival originated from the Chinese star festival called Kikkouden. Tanabata is based on the legendary meeting of two stars, Hikoboshi and Orihime, which are represented by Altair and Vega, respectively. After his marriage to Orihime, Hikoboshi idled away and didn’t work. An angry god separate them on the both banks of the Milky Way. However, the god permitted Hikoboshi and Orihime to reunite once a year on July 7. So Tanabata is held on that day every year, and it is said to be the day when lovers can reunite.
