Stars of Love in Celebrating Festivals
Japan turns love into a public spectacle with its heartwarming and vibrant festivals. Take the enchanting Tanabata Festival, where lovers and hopeful singles write their romantic wishes on colorful paper strips, hanging them on bamboo in hopes they come true. It celebrates a legend about star-crossed lovers who are only able to meet once a year on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month.
Other romantic festivals include the snowy Sapporo Snow Festival, where couples stroll through mesmerizing ice sculptures, and the Springtime Cherry Blossom Festivals, where they take leisurely picnics under the blooming sakura, a symbol of transient beauty and the renewal of love.