I vaguely remember hearing about Tanabata when I was young. I'm going to share this with my nieces and encourage them to make a streamer to hang, that will be a fun summertime activity for them!
Always wondered about this. Thank you! Also, the lunar vs Gregorian calendar date difference seems to (possibly?) explain why Tanabata in Sendai, where I was a teacher, is always in early August. If true, I’m curious why people in Sendai kept adhering to the Lunar calendar after the switch.
I enjoy the Japanese words for concepts or situations for which the English language has no parallels.
Mahalo plenty for this article! 🙂
I vaguely remember hearing about Tanabata when I was young. I'm going to share this with my nieces and encourage them to make a streamer to hang, that will be a fun summertime activity for them!
Always wondered about this. Thank you! Also, the lunar vs Gregorian calendar date difference seems to (possibly?) explain why Tanabata in Sendai, where I was a teacher, is always in early August. If true, I’m curious why people in Sendai kept adhering to the Lunar calendar after the switch.
I like the idea of thanking the tools that I use every day. I think I'm going to treat myself to some keyboard cleaning goo for tanabata! :-)
I love your updated tradition of cleaning your keyboard!
As children in Japan, we loved the tanabata festivals and all the beautiful decorations!