Mie Prefecture's Tanabata Festival/Event Special Feature [2023 Edition]

July 7th is Tanabata, one of the five festivals. Summer is a tradition where various festivals and events are held in various places. At Okage-yokocho, we will be holding various events so that you can enjoy the summer sky with the bamboo leaves swaying.

Bamboo leaves decorated with Tanabata decorations will be placed throughout the facility. Please feel free to write your wishes and display the strips of paper as Tanabata decorations.
In front of the Prefectural Library on the 1st floor of the Lifelong Learning Building, we will also exhibit bamboo light objects created by Kohei Kawabuchi, a bamboo light artist and director who is well known for his work ``Sobun no Bamboo Light''!
◆Write your wishes on strips of paper at the “Wish Upon a Star Desk”!
We will set up a ``Wish Upon a Star Desk'' near the Tanabata decorations. You can freely write your wishes on strips of paper and display them on the bamboo.
◆Locations where bamboo decorations are installed within the museum (4 locations in total)
Lifelong Learning Center 1st floor...In front of the Prefectural Library
Cultural Center 1st floor...In front of the cultural information corner, the corridor above the entrance
Frente Mie 1st floor...Entrance

After the fluorescent lights, on July 7th, as part of the Tanabata Decoration Prayer, the strips of paper you have prayed for will be burned high into the sky and the wishes will be sent to the Milky Way.

At the Tanabata Festival, an event just before summer vacation, everything is handmade, including handmade trains and bamboo decorations.
In addition to the popular mini SL, you can enjoy various games. There are Tsutakatora Taiko drums, Yosakoi, bingo, marche, food stalls, and more, so people of all ages can enjoy it.
Be sure to also visit the Mieido and Nyoraido halls of SENJUJIHeadTempleoftheShinshuTakadaSchool which have been designated as national treasures.

People pray for the origami cranes offered to pray for success in love and the strips of paper hanging from the bamboo leaves found throughout Yunoyama Onsen to make wishes come true.

The Tanabata Festival will be held at Ugata Shrine (the shrine where you passed exams), which is said to bring blessings for your entrance exams.
In addition to Tanabata decorations, there will be food stalls and other stalls.

In Reiwa 5, a bamboo stream will also be held!
[Tanabata Sasa Nagashi (Iwata River)]
Friday, July 7, 2023 16:00-20:00
[Streamers and bamboo decorations display (Marunouchi shopping district)]
Bamboo decoration: Saturday, June 24, 2023 to Thursday, July 6, 2023
Windsock: Wednesday, June 28, 2023 to Friday, July 7, 2023