Hello
My name is Nao Adamson.
I am a Japanese essayist writing about
international marriage with my English husband.
Last weekend, on 7 July was the date for
Tanabata or Star Festival in Japan. 
If you would like to know how we celebrated the festival,
please have a look at the following site:
Tanabata, Star Festival in Japan!
http://ameblo.jp/naoadamson/entry-11291948944.html
Today, I would like to tell you the origin of Tanabata.
I heard that it is linked with a Chinese folk tale. 
Let me introduce the story.
It was translated into English by our students.
Story of Tanabata
A long long time ago, Tentei, the god of the sky,
had a daughter called Orihime.
Everyday she wove cloth for gods and goddesses.
Tentei was worried about her because
she worked everyday and did not nothing but weave. 
So he introduced her to a young man
lived on the other side of the Milky Way.
His name was Hikoboshi
and he was a cow herder. 
When they met each other,
they fell in love immediately,
and spent all their time together.
As a result, all the cows became sick. 
Also, the clothes of gods and goddesses worn out,
but there was no new cloth to make more.
This made Tentei very angry,
so he stopped Orihime from meeting Hikoboshi anymore
by taking her to the other side of the Milky Way. 
This made the two lovers so sad
that they couldn't work.
Tentei also felt sorry,
so he decided to let them meet each other
once a year on 7 July, if they worked hard. 
Afterwards, they worked as hard as before
and enjoyed seeing each other only once a year.
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How did you spend Tanabata this year?
