Tanabata festival takes place in Japan on the 7th day of the 7th month every year. According to the legend, it is the only day where two star crossed lovers, Akiboshi (Altair) and Orihime (Vega) are able to meet. The legend has its roots in China but has been associated with Tanabata in Japan since the 6th century. More info at wikipedia.
During this festival, people write their wishes on to small strips of paper called tanzaku (短冊) and hang them on bamboo trees.
This year, Tanabata Shrine in Ogori, Fukuoka is introducing a free online service named, “Ogori Tankentai”. This service allows you to submit your wish online and the folks in Ogori will write it on to a tankazu for you! Your tankazu will then be placed in Tanabata Shrine. If you include your e-mail address, they’ll even send you a picture of it!
Wishes will be accepted until July 31 and the tankazu will be presented in the shrine on the August 7.
Anyone can do it! Here’s how:
First, head to this page.
There you’ll find the mail form where you submit your wish.
Type in your name, email, age, sex (男=Male 女=Female) and prefecture (if you’re not in Japan, your country will do). At the bottom will be your wish with a maximum limit of 30 characters. Anything you want! Although they probably won’t accept anything inappropriate…
When you’re done, click submit and a message will popup asking for a confirmation. Press “OK” if you don’t need to modify anything.
And… you’re done! According to the site, pictures of your tanzaku will be sent to your email (if you provided it).
If you want, you can also write the wish yourself. (I did both XD)
Use your mouse to write on the tanzaku, left button below is to undo your last stroke if you made a mistake. When you’re done click the right button. A confirmation window will popup in which you click OK.
Type in your name in the next screen and you’re done! Your wish will then be reviewed. If it is not offensive or inappropriate, it will printed out and put up in the lovely shrine below!
Tanabata Shrine
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