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Today, being 7th July, is one of the dates of tanabata - a Japanese star festival, derived from a Chinese one. There are many nice old traditions that are practiced all over the country, including decorating bamboo which is often then floated on a river or burned, dressing up in yukata, making paper cranes...
Here, and in some other cities such as Sendai, they celebrate it on August 8th (which is the 7th of the 7th month on the old lunar calendar). So today is nothing at all here actually. Just thought I'd tell you anyway!