This event has ended]Â Sasanoha Sasarasara [Shonan Hiratsuka Tanabata Festival]!

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The Shonan Hiratsuka Tanabata Festival will be held for the 72nd time this year!

The 72nd Shonan Hiratsuka Tanabata Festival will be held for three days from Friday, July 5 to Sunday, July 7, 2024!

The legend of Tanabata is that Orihime and Hikoboshi meet once a year, on the night of July 7, when they cross the Milky Way. Many of you may have decorated the bamboo branches with strips of paper with your wishes on them while humming "🎵sasanoha sasasara, sasasara, sasasara!
This is one of the most famous Tanabata festivals in Japan, which heralds the arrival of summer in Shonan. The Shonan Hiratsuka Tanabata Matsuri is characterized by the elegance of a traditional Tanabata festival, while at the same time skillfully incorporating the trends and topics of the times. The streets of the festival site are filled with Tanabata decorations. The main venue is filled with gorgeous decorations, some of which are over 10 meters high. There are also unique decorations that incorporate popular characters and other trends.
Gorgeous Tanabata decorations will decorate the venue!
Will your wishes reach the starry sky?

Hiratsuka City will be filled with the color of the Tanabata Festival! Every year, the festival attracts many people, from children to adults, who come to see the gorgeous bamboo decorations and other decorations.

Tanabata decorations fluttering in the wind.
The sound of the Tanabata decorations fluttering in the wind is cool and refreshing.

Hiratsuka's Tanabata Festival was held as a "reconstruction festival" in July 1950, soon after the end of the war, to revitalize the city, which had been devastated by an air raid in July 1945 that left 70% of the central city area as a burnt-out ruins.
The following year, in July 1951, the first Tanabata Festival was held under a new name, modeled after Sendai's Tanabata Festival. The festival has played an important role in wishing for the development of various industries and as a place to introduce Hiratsuka to the rest of the country, and today it has grown to become one of the most famous Tanabata festivals in Japan.

Why don't you make unforgettable Tanabata memories at this festival that carries on the wishes of the people who aimed for the reconstruction of the town after the war? Please come and visit with your family and friends!

There are many parades and events!

The "Shonan Hiratsuka Weaver" will participate in the spectacular parade.
Visitors can also enjoy various events at the parade, live stages, and event booths, as well as local delicacies. (Please note that events may be changed or cancelled depending on the weather.)

For the schedule and event outline, please visit the Shonan Hiratsuka Tanabata Festival official website. (External link)

Photo courtesy of Hiratsuka Tourist Association

Shonan Hiratsuka Tanabata Festival official website
Shonan Hiratsuka Tanabata Matsuri Executive Committee
(Hiratsuka City, Hiratsuka Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Hiratsuka City Shopping Street Association, Hiratsuka City Tourism Association)
Tel: 0463-35-8107 (Executive Committee Secretariat: Hiratsuka City Commercial Tourism Section)

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