今日は、日本では七夕[たなばた]です。七夕については前にも書きました。この日、日本では、短冊[たんざく](= a rectangular shaped piece of paper)に願[ねが]い(= wish)を書いて、笹[ささ](= bamboo)にかざります(= to decorate)。地域[ちいき](= region)によっては大きなお祭[まつ]りがあります。
日本の南部[なんぶ](= southern part)のひどいお天気[てんき]がよくなって、人々[ひとびと]の生活[せいかつ](= life)が早[はや]くふつうに戻[もど]ります(= to return)ように。
It is the day called tanabata in Japan today. I wrote about tanabata before. Japanese people write some wish on a rectangular shaped piece of paper and hang it up on a bamboo tree. Huge festivity can be found in some areas in Japan around the day.
I wish that bad weather in the southern part of Japan will stop and people there could get back to their normal life soon.
PONKICHI says:
Wow! What a beautiful sight!
Where was this picture taken?
Fumiko Nishimura says:
I actually do not know as I found this photo from the photo pool of Creative Commons… I hope many people had a great Tanabata time last week.