Beauty Writing a Wish on a Poem Card for the Star Festival 七夕の短冊を書く美人たなばた たんざく か びじん
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A young woman writes her wish on a slip of paper that she will hang from a bamboo tree at night. This custom is unique to the Star Festival, celebrated annually on the seventh day of the seventh month.
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National Institutes for Cultural Heritage
The National Institutes for Cultural Heritage (NICH) comprise four National Museums (Tokyo National Museum, Kyoto National Museum, Nara National Museum, and Kyushu National Museum) and two National Research Institutes for Cultural Properties (Tokyo National Research Institute for Cultural Properties, and Nara National Research Institute for Cultural Properties), as well as the International Research Centre for Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region (IRCI) in Sakai City, for a total of seven institutions.
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March 16, 2026