TANABATA

TANABATA, meaning is the Star Festival (kanji: Seven and Eveining). The festival is July 7th, somewhere do it August 7th. It's Chinese and Japanese origin mixed. Chinese they wish to improve women's in sewing, and Japan we wish to have a good crop of rice. But many people doesn't know it I think.
Tanabata is famous festival in Japan. We write wish on TANZAKU, mean is oblong card (kanji: Short and Edition), and then put on bamboo grass. Not only Tanzaku, we decorate by Origami. And the first bamboo grass is out side, and finish the festival when float to the river. But recently we didn't float to the river.
Why is bamboo grass out side? Because the star grants our wishes. The star are Vega and Altair. In the festival, we called Vega is Orihime, Altair is Hikoboshi. There're fairy tale...
"Once upon a time, Orihime and Natsuhiko(Hikoboshi), they wanted to get married, and God approve of their marrying. They're very happy, and don't want to work anything. God angry their life, and God did what they have broken up. But they want to meet, and then God approve of their meeting, but only in 1 year 1 time on July 7th."
Yes, it's strange story a little. Anyway Japanese wish on Tanabata. But it's not like Chiristmas, because children wish but adult don't, practically.