Tanabata Star Festival (Double 7 Day)

Tanabata Star Festival (Hoshi Matsuri; Weaving Loom Festival; Festival of the Seven Evenings) Japan

[Tanabata may be translated as ‘weaving with the loom (bata) placed on the shelf (tana)’.]Tanabata is a nationwide celebration, featuring very large festivals, with streets decorated with lanterns, festooned bamboo and colourful streamers, notably at Hiratsuka, Miyagi Prefecture and Shounan City, Kanagawa Prefecture. In some districts, such as Sendai City, the Tanabata festival is celebrated according to the lunar calendar, in early August, or specifically on August 7 ...