The Tanabata Star Festival is a traditional summer event that takes place at this shrine on July 7th. During the season, beautiful colorful bowls with slips of paper, and bamboo branches adorned with paper decorations create a magical atmosphere at the precincts of Kamakura Hachiman-gu Shrine. This event originated from a Shinto ceremony called Tanabata; praying to God for good harvests or for purification against sickness and disease. Later, the ceremony combined with a Chinese legend and became a star festival.
Access: A 10-minute walk from JR Kamakura Station
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Tomoko Kamishima @tomoko.kamishima
Japan is a small island nation, but we have a huge number of surprising things to discover here. Many of these delights can be found when you step off the main street onto small side paths. I really enjoy studying about and researching various aspects of traditional Japanese culture, and then sha...
