Tanabata Matsuri - 七夕祭

Tanabata Matsuri – 七夕祭

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model DMC-FZ28
exposureTime 0.002 s (10/5000) (1/500)
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DateTime 2009:07:05 16:56:16
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Tanabata (七夕, tanabata, meaning "Evening of the seventh") is a Japanese star festival, derived from the Chinese star festival, Qi Xi (七夕 "The Night of Sevens").It celebrates the meeting of Orihime (Vega) and Hikoboshi (Altair). The Milky Way, a river made from stars that crosses the sky, separates these lovers, and they are allowed to meet only once a year on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month of the lunisolar calendar. The festival I attended takes place in Hiratsuka, Kanagawa Prefecture.
神奈川県平塚市
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