Tanabata (evening of the 7th) is a Japanese star festival filled with sweets, wonder and a pride that cannot be explained.
According to the precious legend, the Milky Way (a river made from stars that crosses the sky), separates the lovers Orihime (Vega) and Hikoboshi (Altair). They are allowed to meet once a year on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month (July). This is the day of the Tanabata festival, when we can celebrate a tale of love in a festival or carnival setting.
My host sister knew I would love the festival so we decided grab our cameras and go.
Upon arriving I realized I was in the starry sky floating along the Milky Way because I was absolutely amazed with the lights, floats and bright colors surrounding us.
Take a look around.. I’m sure you’ll enjoy yourself! I know we did.
I remember seeing a doll on camera here..
my excitement exploded into the bright colors you see everywhere.
Where should we go first??
Candy strawberries, candy Mickey’s and milky candy apples!
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amazing! just another reminder to start saving for a trip to japan 😛
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Oh my it looks like such a fun and amazing time, I hope I get the chance to visit someday 🙂
Wonderful! I love the way you process your photos.. You should do a tutorial!
KYAAH! 😈 Photographers heaven!! Haha now I’m gonna be nagging my mum to take me to Japan even more!
I wish I was there!! *_* Those bananas look delicious.
And I love all your pictures, what filter did you use?
xo
Thank you! I use Photoshop and just play with the pictures a lot, all manual. Fun and time-consuming.
This takes place on my boyfriend’s birthday!!! 😀
And this article was posted on our 14-month anniversary! Lol
If we ever go to Japan, we have to go during that time – I would LOVE to be a part of that festival ^___^