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Takasaki Commercial High School, Rakuma, Japan

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Project coordinator: Emi Takahashi for the 3rd grade (age 18)

Participating students: Minami Iizuka, Yuka Yanagisawa and Akina Yamada.

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Here is our summer calendar!

Japan’s summer is from July to August.

Tuyu

The rainy season is called "Tuyu" in Japan.
It starts in June.

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The Star Festival (Tanabata)

Tanabata in English is called the Star Festival. It comes from an old legend in China. Two stars, the Herd boy Star and Weaver Star were in love but could meet only once a year, on July 7th, if the weather was good. We celebrate Tanabata so that they can see each other.

There was a herd boy called Hikoboshi. He fell in love with a girl called Orihime. They began to play every day and didn’t work at all. Orihime’s father heard about it and got very angry and decided to separate them on each side of the river called Ama. However he said that they would meet on July 7th and that’s the only day they could meet.

On July 7th we decorate bamboo grass with colored paper (origami) and oblong card call Tanzaku. On Tanzaku we write our own wish and put on the bamboo grass.

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The Fireworks Festival

The Fireworks Festival is on throughout the Japanese summer.

Summer vacation
The summer vacation starts on the 20th of July and finishes on the 31st of August in Japan.

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Last updated: 03/05/2008

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