The 7th of July is a special day called Tanabata (the star festival).
This festival originally came from China. Two stars, Vega is a girl and Altair is a boy, they loved each other and seeing often and forgot to work so the king was angry and placed them on either side of the milky way and allow them to see each other only once a year on July 7th.
People celebrate their reunion and decorate bamboo with paper ornaments. It's believed that a wish written on the decoration paper will come true.
50000 LED lights will be released between Tenmabashi station to Kitahama station on the Okawa river.
18:00 Opening
19:20-21:00 Release of the lights
Ticket for LED light ball and wishing card (advanced ticket 1000 yen)
http://www.osaka-amanogawa.com/
Map:
http://www.osaka-amanogawa.com/sanka.html
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