Okayama Prefecture's astronomical town, Mihoshi Town|"Tanabata kit at home" to make a wish for Tanabata is released
On Friday, June 25, the town of Mihoshi in Ibara City, southwestern Okayama Prefecture, released a dedicated website called the "Tanabata Kit at Home," in which Tanabata wishes are written on strips of paper and sent to the shrine of the star gods.
The Tanabata kit will be released by Bisei Town before the traditional Tanabata of the current calendar Tanabata (7/7) and the lunar calendar (8/8) this summer. The contents are bamboo, 5 strips of paper, 5 pieces of koyori, a strip return envelope (no stamps required), and a tourist guide. If you write your Tanabata wishes on a strip of paper and send it to the town, it will be dedicated to the Hoshio Shrine, which enshrines the star god.
Last year, due to the Corona disaster, two annual events, the Tanabata Festival and the Milky Way Festival, were canceled and the Tanabata kit was released. This summer, it was decided to cancel two festivals and release it.
Bisei Town, which claims to be an astronomical town, promotes the town by focusing on protecting the starry sky, such as enacting a pollution ordinance. In the town, there is the "Bisei Observatory" and JAXA's space debris observation facility. Bisei Space Guard Center There is.
The Bisei Tourism Association said, "When the situation is over, please visit the land of Bisei, participate in the Tanabata Festival, and look up at the beautiful starry sky. This year, I'm waiting for a lot of wishing strips." I am telling you.
