🚶♂️ Japanese Tanabata Star Festival - Softypapa Adventures - Walking in Japan
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 26 ส.ค. 2024
- In Japan the story is told of two lovers separated by a great river and only able to cross and meet but once a year. The couple are Orihime (the star Vega) and Hikoboshi (Altair) and the river which separates them is the great Milky Way (called Amanogawa in Japanese). The day of meeting is the seventh day of the seventh month, when it is said that celestial magpies arrive to carry Orihime across the brilliant stream. However, if it is raining on this day then the magpies cannot come and Orihime and Hikoboshi must wait another year. July 7th is thus a festival day in Japan, when the story of the heavenly couple is retold and families prepare special festive displays made of bamboo boughs decorated with colorful paper ornaments and hung with paper strips bearing the family's prayers and wishes. A traditional poem sums up well the sentiment and atmosphere of Tanabata:
The bamboo leaves rustle, rustle
Shaking away in the eaves
The stars go twinkle, twinkle
Gold and silver grains of sand
In Japanese Romaji:
Sasa no ha sara-sara
Nokiba ni yureru
Ohoshi-sama kira-kira
Kingin sunago
Many communities in Japan will hold a special Tanabata festival where summertime revelers can stroll streets decorated with traditional and modern versions of the Tanabata displays. Food and game vendors make the festival a lively affair, and for some the Tanabata festival marks the start of the true summer season in Japan.
The festival Emily and I attended in this video took place in the seaside community of Shimizu located near Mt. Fuji. Emily and I had a terrific time though sadly Yumiko could not join us this evening. We returned home with toys, goldfish, full tummies and many happy stories to share with Yumiko and the grandparents.
🚶♂️"Japanese Tanabata Star Festival" is an episode of Softypapa Adventures that immerses viewers in the enchanting atmosphere of Tanabata, a festival steeped in folklore and celebrated with vibrant customs. Join Kurt and his daughter Emily as they partake in the festivities in Shimizu, a seaside community near the iconic Mt. Fuji, experiencing the magic of this beloved summer event in Japan.
The episode delves into the heartwarming tale of Orihime (Vega) and Hikoboshi (Altair), star-crossed lovers in the celestial realm, separated by the vast Milky Way or Amanogawa, and their annual reunion on July 7th. This narrative sets the stage for the festival, where families and communities come together to create stunning displays of bamboo boughs adorned with colorful paper ornaments and tanzaku, paper strips bearing wishes and prayers.
Through Kurt's lens, viewers are transported to the lively streets of Shimizu, adorned with both traditional and modern Tanabata decorations. The festival brims with food stalls, games, and the joyous spirit of summer, making it a highlight of the season for attendees of all ages.
"Japanese Tanabata Star Festival" captures the essence of Tanabata's rich cultural significance and the communal joy it brings. The episode is a celebration of hope, love, and the beauty of human connections, mirrored in the celestial love story that inspires the festival. Through their adventure, Kurt and Emily share the warmth and excitement of the festival, returning home with cherished memories and stories to recount.
This episode is a tribute to the enduring charm of Japanese traditions and the way they bring people together to celebrate the poetry of life and the stars. 🌌🎋🚶♂️
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"Japanese Tanabata Star Festival" invites viewers to reflect on the universal themes of longing and reunion, celebrating through the prism of Japanese tradition, the unbreakable bonds that connect us, across skies and through time.
So nice to see Miss Emily from back in the day. She has grown into such a beautiful young woman.
Thank you for your nice comment. :-)
Thanks again for sharing the unique cultural treasure and heritage of Japan with us, Kurt!
Watching it feels like I would've been there for myself and am watching this video now with my family on a cold winter's evening.
Special thanks to adorably cute Emily for showing us how to craft the "wishes" and - of course - you, Kurt, for sharing this experience! =)
~D
emily looks especially pretty in the kimono! i love it when she teaches arts and crafts at the table :) i love how you filmed the festival, i've always wanted to see how a real festival would seem in japan!
Thanks Kurt for this wonderful video! I enjoy learning everything about Nihon and you have shown videos of many things rarely shown before about life in this beautiful nation!
I am going to be showing your delightful video to several music classes of Second Graders in Dallas, Texas next week. We are enjoying our blooming trees, and our textbook has a Japanese song about your festival. The children will sing the song, and then watch your video as they make their paper wishes. Thank you!
I love your videos
I love Japan and your videos make it so easy to learn about the culture.
I was looking up Tanabata and I came across your video. Thank you so much for sharing it.
She has really good handwriting for her age. She is also really adorable in that yukata(?).
Great video Kurt, Emily had such a wonderful time at the festival. Her English is improving very well. She is a lovely girl, you are surely blessed.
5 stars for this one........ Doug :o)
Good job, thanks. The Star Festival held on the seventh day of the seventh month. It is believed that the weaver star (Vega) and the cowherd star (Altair) are allowed to cross "Heaven's River" (the Milky Way) and meet on this one night of the year, and only if the weather is clear. On Tanabata, families place branches of cut bamboo by their doorways decorated with strips of paper bearing poems and wishes. The Festival is very interesting.
Watched this years ago in 2010, I wish I was fluent in Japanese as Emily's Japanese level now in the Tanabata video.
Thank you for watching and commenting. Have a wonderful day! :-)
The festivals are very nice around your area it seems.
Looked like you guys were having a pretty good time.
Thanks for uploading.
that was soo cute i loved it i'm planing on go to college in japan and that was so awesome i wish i get to see a festival like that when i go and your daughter is so cute i love her kimono
It's so fasinating just to see someone write japanese symbols
Thanks for this video. I'm doing research on this festival because I will play with my taiko group for the first time at a tanabata festival in California, USA. Now I know how to make the wish paper.
There are lots of events for kids to keep them occupied.
How nice to grow up in Japan.
Has Emily learned how to make paper crane yet?
Emily is a very good writer, from what i can see from her wish card :)
10 minutes of pure smiling on my part, thanks so much!
I always wanted to see a real life Festival in Japan it's so beautiful! I wish i could go there.And thanks for showing the video so i can know what this Festival looks like!Thanks so much!
COOL!~ I especially like the moon at the end :)
Thanks
Magic!
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That was so neat! From home to festival to the moon- sharp editing, Kurt! Makes me want to get off my rear and finish going through the mountain of footage I have waiting XD
I was surprised to see Obama- I imagine he had about as much to do with Tanabata as Sponge Bob and Yugio (some others I saw but couldn't pinpoint). It was neat to see the US flag though!
~Kat
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Thanks for watching and commenting!
She's so cute in her kimono! I just wanna pick her up and hug her XD
i have never seen a Japanese festival really enjoyed this video and thank you for sharing
Make that Yukata, now that I think about it. I'd forgotten briefly which one it was. Ah well, still huggable.
i have not heard of this before, its very intresting !
they say Hikoboshi really wanna see his lover and row his boat so hard then the spray fell on us as rain.
@yellowfellow I was just as much amazed by her skill with the permanent marker...
watching them walk through the vegetation of the forest made me immediately think about how you have to watch out for poison ivy--but then I remembered, they're in Japan, and I wondered, does Japan have poison ivy?
Great vid Kurt, very interesting festival & amazing moon shot at the end, perfect closing capture!
Thanks! It's a great resource for my students to learn Japanese culture^^
I've heard the story, a sad yet beautiful legend. Maybe I'll try it this year :)
she can read Kanji so fluently and I still can't :(
I love Japan.
6:45 TOTORO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I know. She's sooo adorable. >w
Totoro!
yaay sugoi desu !
i love japan!!
Does Emily remember doing these videos?
Yes. She does. :-)
HAPPY TANABATA
Is the whole tanabata day a religious thing? I want to make sure so that there wont be any wrong messages sent out if I take part in it.
girl looks turkish as well so cool
fuck turkey Mohammad are gay
the obama limo made my day :D 8:11
Yatterman~