July 7th

July 7th was the star fesitival day. It was called "Tanabata" in Japan. This event is based on a Chinese legend, in which Kengyuu (the star Alter) meets Orihime (the star Vega) only once a year on this day over the Milky Way. People celebrate this day by putting up big branches of bamboo with colourful decorations at home. People also make a wish and hang a strip of paper with their wish written on it. A lot of cities, such as Sendai and Hiratsuka, also celebrate this event by putting up many beautifully decorated bamboo branches in main streets. Many of them seem to celebrate this event in August (July in the lunar calendar) as well. I like the best "7" all of numbers, so I was excited today.

I took 3 classes, and I was tired. After that I went to PARCO with Yumi and Mie, my friends. PARCO took place on a summer sale now, so all goods were very cheap. We were going to buy clothes. At first, we went to LOWRYS FARM. It is my favorite shop, and there is a pretty clothes. SO I bought a T-shirt and a hot pants. It costed 3,000 yen all. It was cheap! I am going to go to PARCO again. Then, we went to Mcdonald's and Ayano came there. We talked various stories. And we went to Yayoiken. I ate pork cutlet. I and Mie ate two helppings of rice, so I ate heartily. Ha ha ha! As you can seee, I was very very happy day (^O^)/

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