Speaking of July, we think of tanabata (七夕), Star Festival on July 7. It is the day when the Altair and the Vega between the Milky Way meet once a year. Around this time we decorate the bamboo tree with oblong cards on which we write our dreams.
What kind of dreams do you have?
There are many famous Star Festivals in Japan. In Kanagawa (神奈川) prefecture, Shonan Hiratsuka Tanabata Matsuri(湘南ひらつか七夕まつり) is one of them. It's been 60 years since the festival started. It started on July 1 and lasts until July 4. In the first year there were only 100,000 visitors, but now there are 2,300,000 visitors.
Unfortunately I could not find any English page of this event, but you can see some pictures from the following site.
http://www.city.hiratsuka.kanagawa.jp/tanabata/index.htm
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