“Tanabata Star Village” at Powerhouse Museum in 2016

The traditional Tanabata festival celebrates the story of how two stars – Orihime (Vega) and Hikoboshi (Altair) – came to be in the sky. Tanabata is held on or around the 7^th July each year. During the Tanabata season people write their wishes on ‘tanzaku’ wishing cards, and make origami decorations, to hang on bamboo branches that decorate the streets. Children sing the Tanabata song and read stories of Orihime and Hikoboshi.

We had more than 70,000 visitors in 17 days at Tanabata Star Village
I did origami demonstrations & workshops.