Tanabata 七夕

Tanabata it is the 7th day of the 7th month and is called the star festival . It is the reuniting of lovers Orihime and Hikoboshi or the stars Vega and Altair separated all but for one night a year by the Milky Way.
It is also custom to write wishes on coloured strips of paper called Tanzaku and hang them on bamboo .

This was my display last year

This is this years display

My wishes

It is also custom to eat somen noodles on this day as they are said to represent the Milky Way.

This is a chilled somen salad with cucumber and carrot  stars and a citrus dressing

      I also made some yuzu flavour star shape cookies to celebrate

This s a picture taken in Japan of me it is one of my favourite photos of me in Japan I just remember how happy I was at that time.

Tanabata decorations in the background

I hope all your wishes come true .