Hi there,
We have the star festival on 7th July every year It's called `` Tanabata `` in Japan. The festival came from China in the Heian era and it spread among people in Edo era. We write our wishes on a bamboo tree.
七夕は平安時代に中国から来た文化で、江戸時代には民に広がり、お願い事を笹の葉に書くようになりました。
I made some 「star festival jello」 to my family today☆彡
七夕ゼリーを家族に作りました☆彡
The yellow stars and circles're made of mochi (rice cakes) a little star dust is kinako (roasted soy bean flour). My son enjoyed to eat the big jello after his dinner :)
黄色の星と丸は白玉粉、星屑はきな粉で作りました、チビは大きいゼリーを食後のデザートで食べました～
He made the star festival tree at his kindergarden so he looked happy to bring on the way home.
保育園で作った七夕飾りを持ってご満悦。
His tree has 5 funny things they're an egg plant and a cucumber (both of them are pupular Japanese summer vegitables) origami decorations , a space shattle and his wish it's 「I wanna see my granpa and granma more」he really love them.
七夕飾りには、なすびときゅうり、折り紙の飾り、宇宙船、願い事の短冊は「じぃじばぁばともっと会えるように」。
I will introduce Japanese things here if you have any requests let me know.
旦那と私はゼリーをカクテルで混ぜて楽しみました～☻
Also, I'm host of Making Cooking Japanese sweets and dishes near Nagoya if you're interested in that come to visit my cooking class!!
Have a nice day :)
☆☆☆シンプル英会話☆☆☆
HPはこちら⇒ http://bonza-eigo.jimdo.com/