Tanabata decoration@Kumamoto Station, Yamakasa@Hakata Station
Kumamoto Station
There were Tanabata decorations at the entrance to Kumamoto Station.
Tanabata is a Japanese festival held on July 7th.
It celebrates the meeting of two stars, Orihime and Hikoboshi, who can meet only once a year. People write wishes on paper strips and hang them on bamboo branches.
It celebrates the meeting of two stars, Orihime and Hikoboshi, who can meet only once a year. People write wishes on paper strips and hang them on bamboo branches.
The kindergarten children gathered at the entrance and began singing Tanabata songs together.
Usually, the station is only filled with tourists and business travelers. It is a rare sight to see kindergarten children, so many people (including me) stopped to listen to the children's singing.
I took the Shinkansen "Tsubame" for work at Fukuoka University.
There were Tanabata decorations in Hakata Station as well, but the ones in Kumamoto Station were a little more impressive.
However, outside the station, the situation was reversed. A magnificently decorated Yamakasa float was set up.
Many people sat at the front and took commemorative photos.
Last year, I found out by chance that the decorated Yamakasa were on display.
I wanted to see them again this year, so I went outside the station. The decorated Yamakasa float were different from last year's.
I was amazed last year, and I was equally amazed this year.
If you have the chance to go to Hakata Station, I recommend you go and see them.
