Hiratsuka, Japan

July 7th, 2006 Friday After seeing Buddy's babies, I went to Hiratsuka with Maki and her husband and met up with Frances,Darren and Karina at the Tanabata Festival.The star festival is the only time that Vega and Altair can meet throughout the year. It ...

We head out with Fiona's friend Nick to Hiratsuka in Kanagawa prefecture to check out the second biggest Tanabata matsuri in Japan. We dressed in our nice cheap UNIQLO yukatas for the occasion. It took us about an hour to get our yukata tying right! In the ...

Tanabata legend is a two-star story of lovers in the vast galaxy. Once upon a time, the emperor of the galaxy and Vega (The Japanese name is Orihime), his daughter lived in a luxurious palace which is on the eastern coast of the MilkyWay. One day, she ...

... . These photos are intended to represent some of that feeling and show how the Japanese celebrate Tanabata in Hiratsuka. (I'm not sure what's the difference between Hiratsuka's celebration and the bigger, bolder Tanabata Matsuri held up north in Sendai ...