Feel the world's most elegant festival of paper and bamboo Aka Sendai Tanabata Festival in #Sendai! 🎋🎉

Sendai Tanabata Festival - meaning the "7th evening". It is touted as one of the 3 major summer festivals in the Tohoku region. 🎉

It is held in Sendai from August 6th till the 8th. 

I must admit, this lavish festival draws over two million spectators each year. 🎋

With the exception of this year of course, as it's been cancelled due to the pandemic as you'll already know by now. It is rather sad..

Many visitors come on August 5th to see the pre-festival fireworks show. Still, the main attraction of the centuries old festival has always been the colorful streamers covering the shopping arcades throughout all of downtown. 

Local businesses in major shopping arcades would decorate their shop fronts by hanging colorful paper decorations, including 5-metre long gorgeous streamers on bamboo poles. 

The sound of Japanese paper streamers flying in the wind, along with the noise of crowds, establishes a unique tanabata melody you can only hear in #Sendai.

*Note : 

To prevent the spread of Covid-19, many events have been cancelled. Always check official sites before heading to an event or festival.

Please check the official website link given below 👇

http://www.sendaitanabata.com/en

Access :

42 m from Sendai Station

Tōhoku Shinkansen, Namboku Line (N10)Tōzai Line (T7)

360 m from Miyagino-dori Station, Tōzai Line (T8)

0.6 km from Hirose-dōri Station, Namboku Line (N9)

The most efficient way to ensure you can take in all the sights of the festival is to start from Sendai Station and slowly walk through the paper bamboo leaves-decorated arcade street while making your way towards Kotodai Park.

Location :

Central Sendai and neighboring shopping districts.

Hours and Fees:

Shopping Arcades

Hours

10:00 to 22:00 (August 6 and 7)

10:00 to 21:00 (August 8)

Admission:

Free

Tanabata Fireworks

Hours

19:00 to 20:30 (August 5)

Admission

Free

General narrative by : © zaidisky.blogspot.com

Photos courtesy of :

© livejapan.com via Sendai Festival Support Association (1st photo). 

© livejapan.com via Sendai City Tourism Division (2nd photo). 

© City of Sendai (3rd photo). 

© japan-guide.com (4th photo). 

© kyuhoshi.com (5th photo).