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Weaving-Goddess, Tchi-Niu; the Japanese holiday seems to have been especially a woman's holiday, from the earliest times; and the characters with which the word Tanabata is written signify a weaving-girl.
The Romance of the Milky Way And Other Studies & Stories Lafcadio Hearn 1877
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"Clever in weaving, she may have been like Tanabata, that is but a small matter," interposed Tô-no-Chiûjiô, "we should have preferred to have seen your love as enduring as Tanabata's. [
Japanese Literature Including Selections from Genji Monogatari and Classical Poetry and Drama of Japan Various 1880
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"Tanabata" the Japanese star festival (ripped off from the Chinese star festival,
News on Japan 2009
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In Sendai, a badly damaged city farther north, 1.75 million people will attend its ongoing Tanabata festival, reported the Fukushima People's Paper, while attendees at a giant straw sandal festival, in Fukushima city, also expressed hopes for the area's early recovery, the newspaper said.
Japan's festival season has a somber undercurrent this year 2011
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In the city of Ikawi, whose northern districts are close to the 12-mile exclusion zone around the plant, thousands of people, many in traditional kimonos, gathered for the Tanabata festival Sunday.
Japan's festival season has a somber undercurrent this year 2011
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In the city of Ikawi, whose northern districts are close to the 12-mile exclusion zone around the plant, thousands of people, many in traditional kimonos, gathered for the Tanabata festival Sunday.
Japan's festival season has a somber undercurrent this year 2011
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In Sendai, a badly damaged city farther north, 1.75 million people will attend its ongoing Tanabata festival, reported the Fukushima People's Paper, while attendees at a giant straw sandal festival, in Fukushima city, also expressed hopes for the area's early recovery, the newspaper said.
Japan's festival season has a somber undercurrent this year 2011
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Tanabata: It was spring break last week, and the weather was foul, so I got to stay in and do a lot of reading.
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Tanabata: The good things that are said about The Goose Girl are totally justified!
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Tanabata: Sorry for tempting you: P I think The Autograph Man is the less acclaimed of her books, but that of course doesn't mean it's not good too.
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