[Having Fun at Home] It’s Tanabata (七夕) or Star Festival in Japan today! To celebrate, Japan has a unique custom of hanging tanzaku, or a small coloured piece of paper with a written wish. Tanzaku can be easily made with just coloured paper and string. Write your wish and leave your name in the bottom-left corner, then hang up the slip of paper onto a house plant or if you can, a bamboo plant to send your wish to the stars! You can also decorate with Fukinagashi streamers which are synonymous wi

Did you get to place a Tanabata wish on a tree this weekend? 💫 The Tanabata Festival is also known as the Star Festival. The story behind it is about two lovers who turned into stars and only get to meet once a year. With contests, live music and food vendors all around, the festival is an experience you can’t miss. ✨ It’s still festival season! Don’t miss out on the next one and tune in to AM 1575 to hear what’s coming up ⭐️ | AFN Misawa

Celebrate #Tanabata with us at our Hilo store! Tanabata (七夕 “The evening of the seventh”) is celebrated on the 7th of July in Japan and a popular tradition is to write your wish on colorful paper and hang it on a special bamboo tree. 🎋 Tanabata is also known as the Star Festival 🌟 and it celebrates the meeting of the deities Orihime and Hikoboshi (represented by the stars Vega and Altair respectively). According to the legend, they can only traverse the Milky Way to renew their ancient bond of

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