July 07, 2019, Tokyo, Japan - Visitors contemplate the LED lights simulating the Milky Way during the Tanabata festival at Tokyo Tower. Every year, people write their wishes on colorful paper (Tanzaku) to hang it on bamboo branches as a tradition of the Tanabata Festival. The annual celebration commemorates the legend of two lovers separated by the Milky Way who only meet once a year on the seventh day of the seventh month. The festival has been held since the Edo era.
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