While trying to figure out what to do for the weekend, I came across an article mentioning the Tanabata Festival. It mentioned that there was going to be a festival in Asakusa, but I have been there a good number of times already this year. Also, with the hot and humid weather, I wanted to get out of the city and go to the beach. Hiratsuka apparently has one of the biggest Tanabata Festivals and its only a 20 minute walk to the beach. I went with two other couchsurfers to the festival and the beach. They wanted to go to Kamakura and I just wanted to stay at the beach, so they left. I had a very relaxing afternoon swimming and chilling at the beach. Then I decided to walk back to the festival. I had no idea that the decorations lit up at night. The views were great. And randomly I ran into some of my co-workers so I joined them for the night. Then I saw two other co-workers and while going home on the train, I ran into another co-worker! It was so weird how many people I ran into. It was a great day! I really enjoyed myself at the beach. It was a great way to beat the heat! I think I'll go to the beach again next weekend! And I found out that the reason why my parents got married on July 7th is because of the Tanabata holiday!!!
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| beautiful colors |
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| a quiet street |
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| more decorations |
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| and more |
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| Egypt 8240 |
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| soooo many |
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| cute water themed one |
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| met some other people at the beach |
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| Japan |
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| Japan |
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| black sand beach |
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| Canada |
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| so relaxing |
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| waters so calm |
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| swimming was like in a lake |
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| cool thing i found on the beach |
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| this guy's kite fell in my area and i had to run out of the way not to get hit! |
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| curry bread, sooooo good! |
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| watched some drumming |
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| attention to detail was cool |
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| dancing |
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| lanterns lit up |
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| the biggest lantern |
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| hawaiian themed |
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| cute cat |
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| cat bus |
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| more colors |
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| beautiful |
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| so many pictures |
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| this was the main street |
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| rice balls hanging from the lantern |
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| animals |
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| cute girls from different countries |
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| 2020 olympics coming up |
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| nice effects from the breeze |
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| loved the effect |
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| obsessed |
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| official lanterns for the festival |
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| eating ramen |
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| Ireland |
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| main intersection |
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| official logo for the city |
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| momo-taro |
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| pikachu |
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| decorative cat |
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| cute couple |
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| looked kind of Irish |
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| nice tree |
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| more |
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| underneath a lantern |
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| USA 8245 |
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| Japan |
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| it moved |
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| England 8247 |
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| hello kitty, sponsored by a pachinko company, haha |
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| had to get my glasses in it |
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| nice |
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| Welcome to the Festival |
