Tanabata, or the Star Festival, falls on July 7 every year here in Japan 
It's in the middle of August, so we've already had this year's 
On the same day, Taylor Swift's "Speak Now Taylor's Version" was released 
I posted this on Instagram at the begining of last month:
There're six "From The Vault" songs included on the album 
I like this one the best so far
Been listening to "Timeless" on repeat for hours today. The song made me cry a lot 
I've played the imported album that consists of 2 CDs, but its domestic edition is dropping on August 16 here in Japan.
It comes in two versions, one of which is deluxe edition
I pre-ordered both; one on Amazon and the other is at Universal Music online store because each gives purchasers its own limited offer 
I mean, Amazon attaches 1 big size photo of the album cover per album, while Universal Music does a small sticker of the same cover.
By the way, I wrote about the traditional event in 2017 
I put photos of tanabata decorations I made by myself then, including these:
cranes with stars
Each decoration has it own meaning as mentioned in the past blog post.
It takes time to explain fully in English, so I won't.
Decorations called Fukinagashi. The rightmost one is coffee-themed as you see 
My original eggs-inspired series 
We 
eggs 
I took more photos that year. Many of them didn't appear in the blog post, so I think I'll show some here. They're like From The Vault Photos.
All those items were sold at 100 yen shops, like Daiso and Seriya. They usually have origami in various patterns and designs.
Hikoboshi & Orihime. Floral and sushi versions 
The watermelon was not for Tanabata 
I just wanted to try holding it.
The right photo shows shells.
It's called a Yukata, or a casual summer kimono.
