{"id":4714,"date":"2025-06-13T16:07:08","date_gmt":"2025-06-13T07:07:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oh-mama.tokyo\/?p=4714"},"modified":"2025-06-13T16:10:19","modified_gmt":"2025-06-13T07:10:19","slug":"make-a-wish-at-our-tanabata-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oh-mama.tokyo\/?p=4714","title":{"rendered":"Make a Wish at Our Tanabata Event"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\"><strong>What is <em>Tanabata<\/em>?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tanabata is a traditional Japanese festival held every year on July 7. It celebrates the romantic story of two celestial lovers: <em>Orihime<\/em>, the weaving princess represented by the star Vega in the constellation Lyra, and <em>Hikoboshi<\/em>, the cowherd represented by the star Altair in the constellation Aquila. In their fateful story, they are separated by the Milky Way and can only meet once a year on this special night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On this day, children\u2014and of course adults too\u2014write their wishes on colorful paper strips called <em>tanzaku<\/em> and hang them on <em>sasa <\/em>bamboo branches. Then, they make a wish upon the stars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Unfortunately, in Tokyo, <em>Tanabata<\/em> falls during the rainy season, and the stars are rarely visible. Still, this festival has been celebrated for over 1,300 years and even appears in classical waka poetries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Would you like to experience this beautiful tradition with us at our salon?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\"><strong><em>Tanabata<\/em> Event<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Date:<\/strong> Sunday, July 6<br><strong>Time:<\/strong> 1:00 PM \u2013 4:00 PM<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Order a drink during the event and receive a <strong><em>tanzak<\/em>u<\/strong> \u2014 a colorful paper strip to write your wish!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Try writing your wish using traditional <strong>brush and ink<\/strong> \u2014 a unique Japanese cultural experience.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You can <strong>take your <em>tanzaku<\/em> home<\/strong> as a special souvenir!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2728 May your wish reach the night sky&#8230; \u2728<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>Ink is used in this activity. Please be careful with your clothing.<\/em><br><em>Children are welcome with parental supervision.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is Tanabata? Tanabata is a traditional Japanese fe&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4708,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4714","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-event-announcements"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/oh-mama.tokyo\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4714","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/oh-mama.tokyo\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/oh-mama.tokyo\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oh-mama.tokyo\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oh-mama.tokyo\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4714"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/oh-mama.tokyo\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4714\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4718,"href":"https:\/\/oh-mama.tokyo\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4714\/revisions\/4718"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oh-mama.tokyo\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/oh-mama.tokyo\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4714"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oh-mama.tokyo\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4714"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oh-mama.tokyo\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4714"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}