Tanabata!

The Japanese Tanabata Festival On the 7th day of the 7th month, every year, is the Tanabata Festival in Japan.Why only then?It is all based a story from early Japan. Tanabata Festival, Hiratsuka notesofnomads.com It is the story of two lovers, Orihime and Hikoboshi, who represent the stars Vega, and Altair. They are only allowed to meet on the 7th day of the 7th month, every year, at the River of the Sky.It is a based on poems in the Manyoshu volume, ‘Collection of Ten Thousand Leaves’. This is the story, one of the many, connected with the Milky Way in the night sky. In Japan it is known as the River of the Sky. It is the story of two lovers, Orihime and Hikoboshi, who represent the stars Vega, and Altair. They are only allowed to meet on the 7th day of the 7th month, every year, at the River of the Sky.It is a based on poems in the Manyoshu volume, ‘Collection of Ten Thousand Leaves’. It can be traced back, in turn, to an old Chinese tale, The Weaver Girl and the Cowherd. The…