Another crowd favorite was these streamers made of tiny origami paper cranes.
This was the 34th Tanabata Decoration of Peace. Aug. 6, the first day of the Sendai Tanabata Matsuri, also happens to be the anniversary of the Hiroshima atomic bombing.
It says "No More Hiroshima."
Tiny origami paper cranes. Guess how many paper cranes there are? Over 1 million.
Peace message.
Organizations who made the 1 million+ paper cranes. About 25,000 people from all over Japan from age 5 to 103 made over 1 million paper cranes. That's an average of 40 cranes per person.
Bottom of the paper cranes.
People were amazed at these cranes. This is one type of streamer you won't see at other Tanabata Festivals in Japan.
Origami paper cranes is actually one type of Tanabata decorations. Many decorations had paper cranes as you can see here.
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