#七夕祭り
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Elderly Lady adding Tanzaku Paper Strips to a Bamboo Wish Tree
Location: Jindai-ji Motomachi, Chofu City, Tokyo, Japan
Timestamp: 13:57 on July 19, 2023
The Tanabata Festival: Legend has it that every July 7th, the Weaver Star and the Cowherder Star embark on a journey across the Milky Way to reaffirm their bond of love. In Japan, these celestial lovers are honored wishes penned onto strips of vividly colored paper, fastened to bamboo trees or stalks. This tradition spans across Japan, with numerous cities, including Hiratsuka in Kanagawa Prefecture, gaining renown for its elaborate Tanabata festivities.
Known as "tanzaku," these colorful paper ribbons, along with other bright ornaments, dangle from bamboo branches in Japanese homes, shopping arcades, railway stations, and communal areas. Prior to their hanging on the bamboo, tanzaku are adorned with wishes, be it a child's aspiration to become a renowned soccer player or a parent's yearning for professional success.
For access details and references for further reading, check out the latest Pix4Japan blog post: https://www.pix4japan.com/blog/20230719-jindaiji
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Late afternoon at Zozoji Temple, in Tokyo's Minato district, during tanabata earlier this month.
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☆°・. Tanabata Special .・°☆ | Punk Girl Culture + Pick A Card
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Tanabata began as a summer festival in Japan some time during the Edo period (1603-1867). This was one of Japan's many cultural imports from the land of everything cool—China. Seriously, this was a time when everything China did and had seemed fascinating to the Japanese.
Essentially, Tanabata Festival is the equivalent of Valentine's Day in the West as it celebrates the annual reunion of Orihime (weaver princess) and Hikoboshi (cowherd man). Orihime and Hikoboshi are the Japanese names for Vega and Altair—the brightest stars that can be seen facing each other but separated by the ama no gawa ginga (天の川銀河; silver river of the Heavens a.k.a the Milky Way Galaxy) during the summertime.
So like, Ionno who Deneb would be in this tale🙊Maybe Hikoboshi’s dead cow who’s become a Spirit Guide?🐮I’m a fucking criminal🙈
In Chinese, this festival is called Qixi (七夕; seventh evening). The Japanese reading is Tanabata and Korean Chilseok🎋China's sister countries adapted the tradition and made variations to the origin story of the Star-Crossed Lovers—Vega and Altair who were separated by the Milky Way. Chinese folktales typically arrived in Japan through the latter’s relation with Korea at the time. The Korean adaptation had already altered the dynamic of Orihime and Hikoboshi's relationship, as well as the reason they could not stay together, but—
Ngl, I hate the Japanese adaptations—yeah, there’s more than one—so much because they just had to go and add oni (demons) and momotaro-style adventure and then utterly ruin the bittersweet romance. If you didn’t know yet, Japanese folktales always involve oni!👹But… but… the original Chinese tale is so much more lucid and romantic that way!🥵And so you should check out that cool video up there because the PAC for this Tanabata Special is aenergetically resonant with the original cosmic tale🧝🏻♀️🌌🧝🏻♂️Yeah, it’s kinda a sad story when all things are considered, though; because—
The seventh evening of the seventh month is the only time of the year the lovebirds are allowed to meet by mandate of the Queen Mother of the Jade Emperor. The reason being, racism or deiteism or something hahah🥲Orihime was a deity and Hikoboshi was a mortal; that said, their relationship was scandalous😝Wow, when you really think about it, the Korean and Japanese adaptations actually managed to disregard the racism deiteism altogether and changed it into something more of a cautionary tale LMAO Anyway—
If on the day of Tanabata it rains, people usually say Orihime and Hikoboshi aren’t able to meet that year☔️But yo, I've got to wonder: isn’t it only mortal Hikoboshi who suffers in this story because he has to wait year after year to meet Orihime, just for a day? For Orihime who lives in the Heavens, she literally waits for only a DAY!🤯
Spirits/guides/deities/angels/higher selves/whatever the fuck do not know (or seem to care) the sorrows of being Human, darn it🤬
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Okay so, I’m not sure how Tanabata is celebrated exactly in China and Korea, but in Japan it’s the wish-making through the use of tanzaku that’s the centre of Tanabata’s dreamy romanticism. -Am I the only one who thinks that?-
On a strip of tanzaku (短冊; thin rectangular strip of colourful paper used for writing a poem) people write their wishes for the remaining of the year and hang that wish on the branch of a bamboo tree🎋FYI, due to discrepancies between solar and lunar calendars, Tanabata is celebrated on either 7th of July or August, depending on locality🗾All kinds of wishes are welcome when it’s Tanabata🍮Another name for Tanabata Festival is Hoshi Matsuri (星祭り; Star Festival) so put up your wish upon a star, actually, two stars this Summer~🌠
With this spirit of festivity, my wish is for everybody who finds this post, or more specifically, those who usually find resonance with PunkPandaPatrixk's readings, to quickly, effortlessly, divinely, magically rendezvous and reunite with their cosmic lovers this year~💖Of course, there are those that are still too young to be in a real committed relationship with their future spouses, nevertheless, I wish that at the very least your energetic vibrations call to each other and awaken you to a higher level of self-discovery as well as development. That way, the story leading towards your destined reunion can already be written starting now✨💫📙
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Every year on Tanabata, Orihime and Hikoboshi meet near the Milky Way, but the silver river is so wide that the lovers find it impossible to cross. A bunch of magpies and crows took pity on their predicament and decided to band together to create a massive bridge of birds so Orihime and Hikoboshi get to spend an entire day picnicking in the sky🍱hahah
The story of Orihime and Hikoboshi is one of true love, but for me personally, also of destined Soulmate Mission on Earth. Orihime being a deity from the Heavens (higher realms of existence) was an advanced soul—practically an extraterrestrial—who taught Humans all kinds of Arts for the betterment of their livelihood. She also beautified Hikoboshi’s lonely life on Earth (his cow died, okay?!) On top of that, her relationship with a mere mortal (who was in every way loyal, kind, nurturing and gentle) was also seen as taboo and disgraceful, thus the forced separation. However, in spite of social class(?), race(?), distance, differences, and punishment, both deity and mortal remained in love with each other with unwavering devotion💞
And that is the part that seems to have been omitted by the Korean and Japanese adaptations altogether🤦🏻♀️Listen to me, you punks, in Asia, a man like Hikoboshi is a gem because like 90% of the time Asian men are innately disrespectful or violent towards women!🧙🏻♀️Okay, fine, 80%!🙄I—
To commemorate Orihime and Hikoboshi’s meeting wrapped in this tearjerkingly epic summer cosmic energy, [Destined Person’s Spiritual Assistance in Your Personal Development] PAC is now open to the public. Actually, I had planned this the very moment I wrapped up the PAC as your cosmic connection with your Destined Person had got me thinking of Orihime and Hikoboshi for reasons that are hard to verbalise🙊
Messages in the bonus content are touchingly empowering (Pile 3’s entire message was already public from the beginning) and I hope many of you get to read them—especially if you have resonated with Pile 1 before! Not even ashamed I’m sounding biased💁🏻♀️So please enjoy🌷
[Destined Person’s Spiritual Assistance in Your Personal Development]
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As for my loyal Patrons~~~✨🌌🐮or anybody who’s interested in becoming one now~~~😉
[What’s Your Love Story Written in the Stars?]
Tier 3 Patrons~🌷I've teased this since last month in Oracle Alchemy posts, so you know already what to expect💐But before you transport yourself to the PAC, I've got a crazy essay about the cards on the bottom of the tarot deck.
As you can see, on the bottom of the deck is the IV Emperor, whose presence I thought represents the mandate of either the Queen Mother or the Jade Emperor himself (in the Korean and Japanese adaptations the latter is the main figure of authority who separated Orihime from Hikoboshi.)
Being so lazy, I don't always check other cards that come under a deck bottom, but when I do it's usually for very cosmic reasons. And I kid you the fuck not! Look at those 3 cards that come right under the IV Emperor! In that order exactly!
Tell me if you don't see Orihime and Hikoboshi meeting each other on the bridge of magpies and crows! And the synchronous element? This is the suit of Swords—telling me of Orihime and Hikoboshi's strong characters that drive them to fight for their union. Also, the fact that they are each other's Soul Mates—they are each other's perfect equal—respect between them comes naturally as they acknowledge each other’s Divinity👩❤️💋👨
If only you'd know how long it took me to calm down from freaking out—I'd never pulled out cards like this before. And if you had the audacity to suspect that I handpicked these cards myself— I wouldn't blame you at all!🤣🤣What even is this?!🤯
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Lastly, the whole time I was shuffling and preparing the cards, this song Uchuu-hikoushi no Uta (Song of the Astronaut) was playing in the background. My entire Life, I never really understood what this song is about—the lyrics are strange, but the opening and ending lines are my favourite as they touch my heart in a strange, inexplicable fashion:
I had the strangest dream/in it I was an astronaut and you a farmer/you sent me off wearing your straw hat/and I flew into the sky in good spirit
a present for you—a fragment of Mars/it's nothing, really, but it's a fragment of the Universe nonetheless
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The myth goes to say that every time Orihime returns to the Heavens, the couple shed tears for being sorrowful of the parting, and those tears signify the beginning of the monsoon season AHAHAHAHAH
Well, enjoy your exclusive PAC and lastly, lastly, thank you always for your generous patronage that's allowed me to come this far~🧋✨🍪Happy Tanabata~🎋💫
[What’s Your Love Story Written in the Stars?]
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北野天満宮の七夕祭り
お盆の北野天満宮で燈明神事を体験。
受付後こちらで靴を脱いで裸足に
手持ちのローソクたてと水みくじ
いざ御手洗川に
暑さを凌ぐ氷柱。足をつけると気持ち良い😆
壁面のローソクから燈明を頂く。因みにローソクの色にはそれぞれ意味があり、今回は無病息災祈願の紫をチョイス。
あとはローソクの火を消さないように川を歩く。
種火のローソクを追加する神主様
暑いので足元の水が思ったより気持ちよくくつろぐ方達
こちらで水みくじ。かしこみ、かしこみ。
末吉でした。😂最後にローソクを奉納
日が暮れるともっと良い感じに
和太鼓のパフォーマンス
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#七夕祭り #藤崎百貨店 #千羽鶴 https://www.instagram.com/p/Cg5_O7MvqGi/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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今日は、七夕コーデ🎋
セリア手ぬぐいからの自作浴衣！
帯は、さく研究所フリルベルトです、リボンが垂れてくると伊達締め見えちゃう。
片身変わりは細く見えしますね、好き❤️
さすがに派手かしらーと思ったけど、着物で出社の時点で風変わりなんですわ。
職場にて七夕概念通じました。
数-SUU-のカササギ帯留め✨
https://palnartpoc-store.com/i/OD067
片身変わりで真っ二つな天の川を繋ぐイメージで、伝承の通りカササギさんの橋。
そして。着物着る時全く使ってこなかった着付けクリップ初めて使いまして。
文明の力ーーー！となりました。
片身変わりの時、背中心がド真ん中じゃないと格好悪いじゃないですか、使ってみたら上手くいって大満足。
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織姫&ステラ
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スミスのカレー屋さんが明日の館林の七夕祭りに出店します! 美味しくて５００円���ボリュームもあるので是非行ってみてください! #sumigreenleaves #curry #カレー #七夕祭り (Tatebayashi) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cg61H-IJUkO/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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東北地方のお祭り、仙台七夕祭りに行ってきました。 たくさんの七夕飾りに我が愚犬も大興奮🐶 七夕節快楽〜 #七夕 #七夕祭り #仙台 #仙台七夕祭り #仙台七夕まつり #七夕節快楽 #七夕节快乐 #犬 #チワワ #ちわわ #ちわわ部 #お祭り #日本のお祭り #sendai #tanabata #tanabaramatsuri #sendaitanabatafestival #japaneseculture #fun #enjoy #日本的生活 #follow #followme (一番町 (仙台市)) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cg6p9s6vGy2/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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いわき市平の七夕まつり。 薄磯海岸へ #うにいくら丼 #薄磯海岸 #塩屋崎灯台 #七夕祭り (Iwaki, Fukushima) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cg6IHd5viCM/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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。。O nosso bom dia hoje é um #tbt com essas belas fotos da @anna.preto no último Tanabata Matsuri aqui na Liberdade. Diz aí quem mais já está com saudades do Tanabata? 。 Reposted from @anna.preto • • • • • • tanabata matsuri 🌟 リベルダーデ ⛩️🏮 • • • • • • #七夕祭り #tanabata #tanabatamatsuri #サンパウロ #リベルダーデ #saopaulo #bairrodaliberdade #bairroliberdade #liberdadesp #ig_sampa #diariosp #achadosdaliberdade #spnalente #sampaposts #existecoremsp #omelhordesampa #ig_spnafoto #centrosp #euamosp #splovers #euvejosp #cidadedagaroa #achadosdaliba #sp4you (em Praça da Liberdade (São Paulo)) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cg1i5n4uMwE/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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✨ご報告✨ 皆様からお預かりしました 短冊を奉納致しました‼︎ 毎日ご祈祷くださいます💫 皆様の願いが 早々成就することを お祈り致します❤️ #熊本 #下通 #占いの館千里眼 #占い #当たる #千里眼所属鑑定士 #悩み #解決 #七夕祭り #貴船神社奉納 #毎日祈祷 #貴船神社 https://www.instagram.com/p/CgSCOOpv27e/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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✨ご報告✨ 皆様からお預かりしました 短冊を奉納致しました‼︎ 毎日ご祈祷くださいます💫 皆様の願いが 早々成就することを お祈り致します❤️ #福岡 #天神 #占いの館千里眼 #占い #当たる #千里眼所属鑑定士 #悩み #解決 #七夕祭り #貴船神社奉納 #毎日祈祷 #貴船神社 https://www.instagram.com/p/CgSCMAfvc4T/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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✨ご報告✨ 皆様からお預かりしました 短冊を奉納致しました‼︎ 毎日ご祈祷くださいます💫 皆様の願いが 早々成就することを お祈り致します❤️ #大分 #占いの館千里眼 #占い #当たる #千里眼所属鑑定士 #悩み #解決 #七夕祭り #貴船神社奉納 #毎日祈祷 #貴船神社 https://www.instagram.com/p/CgSCKOjvasQ/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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この前の七夕祭りで、あいなが初デートしました！ 密着しましたので、ご覧ください^ ^ 密着！小２女子の初デートは・・・【深谷七夕祭り】 https://youtu.be/Go8g5T4QR-Q #七夕祭り #初デート #ユーチューブも見てね #姉妹ゴルファー #ジュニアゴルフ #ジュニアゴルファー #キッズゴルフ #スポーツ #ゴルフ2022 #ゴルフ女子 #小学生ゴルファー #小学5年生 #小2 #10歳 #8歳 #golf #golfday #golflife #golftime #golflove #golfing #golfgirl #jrgolf #juniorgolf #juniorgolfer #golfkids #golfgirls ユーチューブのリンクはプロフィールにあります。 @haru_ai_golf @harua_neko_golf @ai_chanta_golf またはYouTubeで『はるあい』と検索！ (Fukaya, Saitama) https://www.instagram.com/p/CgJ-k9wvVxb/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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Happy Tanabata Festivall🎋✨
Today it’s the 7th of 7th which is a magical day filled with love and miracles.
The number 7 is considered to be the number of spiritual perfection because it’s a symbol of God’s work.
It’s a symbol of completeness and heaven.
Today we are celebrating the meeting of the deities Orihime and Hikoboshi, represented by the stars Vega and Altair.
Princess Orihime was a beautiful seamstress who wove gorgeous clothes by the Heavenly River, represented by the Milky way. Princess Orihime was so engaged with her work, she became despaired of ever finding her true love. Her father, a God of the Heavens, the Emperor of the Galaxy, loved her dearly and arranged for her to meet the lovely Hikoboshi, the cow herder who lived on the other side of the Heavenly River. It was love at first sight and they got married right away.
Their love and devotion to each other was so deep that Princess Orihime stopped weaving and Hikoboshi allowed his cows to wander the Heavens.
The Emperor became so angry that he forbade the two lovers to be together, sending Hikoboshi to the other side of the Milky Way.
Beside herself with loneliness, Princess Orihime cried and cried. Beginning the rainy season with her tears.
The Emperor couldn’t stand to see his daughter in this state, so he allowed her to visit her dearest Hikoboshi one day a year, the 7th of the 7th.
This legend is known as Tanabata 七夕 meaning “Evening of the Sevens” also know as Hoshi Matsuri 星祭り meaning Star Festival.
It originally comes from the Chinese Qixi Festival 七夕节 which is the 7th of 7th from the Lunar calendar. It was brought to Japan during the 8th century.
To honor the Star Crossed Lovers people write their wishes on colourful thin strips of paper called tanzaku 短冊紙 and hang them from bamboo branches.
I hope you enjoyed this story.
Have a lovely day and may all of your beautiful wishes come true! 💋💖✨
#tanabata#star festival#七夕#星祭り#hoshi matsuri#tanzaku#nihongo#studying japanese#expatlife#life in japan#日本語
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