Tanabata Festival
Tanabata was originally about a Chinese love story of a princess and a cowherd being separated by the king. Traditionally in present-day Japan, people celebrate Tanabata by writing their wishes on colorful, small strips of paper called tanzaku…
…and hang them on bamboo branches…
The streets are decorated with huge colorful hanging lanterns which kids enjoy watching…
…especially at nights when these lanterns are being lighted.
This was during the Tanabata Festival in Hiratsuka, Kanagawa. This is the biggest Tanabata festival held in the Kanto Area. The most famous one is held in Sendai.
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Tags: colorful, Festival, hiratsuka, Japan, kanagawa, Photography, tanabata
you’ve captured the festival’s real essence jess.. they’ve got beautiful lanterns. it’s so colorful and vivid…
Greetings from Brazil!
I?ve been seen your pics…Amazing shots!!
I?m gonna work this weekend in Tanabata Festival in S?o Paulo, Brazil. Have u heard about it??It?s very popular down here, almost 45.000 people visit Liberdade to write their wishes!!
Awesome Pictures. The color that you captured is absolutely amazing. I think it actually looks better in the pictures than it does actually being there.