{"id":76,"date":"2008-06-17T10:06:19","date_gmt":"2008-06-17T01:06:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/welcome.city.matsumoto.nagano.jp\/modules\/xpressme\/?p=76"},"modified":"2008-06-17T10:06:19","modified_gmt":"2008-06-17T01:06:19","slug":"why-dont-we-make-tanabata-dolls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/en\/sightseeing\/why-dont-we-make-tanabata-dolls\/","title":{"rendered":"Why don\u2019t we make Tanabata dolls?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>\u2606\u3000What are Tanabata dolls?<\/strong><br \/>\n\u30fbIn Matsumoto there is custom of hanging a pair of dolls under the roof on Tanabata day.<br \/>\n\u30fbIt is said that the wind takes the bad luck away.<br \/>\n<strong>\u2606  How do you make it?<\/strong><br \/>\n\u30fbThe dolls are about 20cm long.<br \/>\n\u30fbWe\u3000make a male and a female doll.<br \/>\n1,  Date and time : July 26th 2008(Sat.)<br \/>\n2,  Place :Oote Kouminkan(Public Citzen,s Center) on the 2nd floor.<br \/>\n(Address\uff1a3-8-1 Oote Matsumoto Tel 33-4397\uff09<br \/>\n3, Instructor : Sayaka Boa-Ampong (She is a communication designer.)<br \/>\n4, Participants : 20 children.(who live in Matsumoto city.)<br \/>\n5, expense : 200yen. Please bring scissors.<br \/>\n6, Please apply by July 19th<br \/>\nYou can call or fax the Matsumoto City Board of Education.(Tel 33-4397, Fax 34-3206) Please tell us the following things.<br \/>\n\u30fbYour name, school and glade.<br \/>\n\u30fbWith parents or not.<br \/>\n\u30fbYour telephone number or fax number.<br \/>\n<a style=\"float: left; margin: 0 10px 0 0;\" href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/oldxoopswpattach\/babake.tanabata.jpg\"><img src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/oldxoopswpattach\/thumb-babake.tanabata.jpg\" alt=\"tanabata\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n\u3010Photo\u3011Tanabata dolls in Baba-ke Jutaku<br \/>\n(Heritage House)<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-official sd-sharing\"><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><div class=\"fb-share-button\" data-href=\"http:\/\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/en\/sightseeing\/why-dont-we-make-tanabata-dolls\/\" data-layout=\"button_count\"><\/div><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"http:\/\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/en\/sightseeing\/why-dont-we-make-tanabata-dolls\/\" data-text=\"Why don\u2019t we make Tanabata dolls?\"  >Tweet<\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2606\u3000What are Tanabata dolls? \u30fbIn Matsumoto there is custom of hanging a pair of dolls under the roof on Tanabata day. \u30fbIt is said that the wind takes the bad luck away. \u2606 How do you make it? \u30fbThe dolls are about 20cm long. \u30fbWe\u3000make a male and a female doll. 1, Date and time : July 26th 2008(Sat.) 2, Place :Oote Kouminkan(Public Citzen,s Center) on the 2nd floor. (Address\uff1a3-8-1 Oote Matsumoto Tel 33-4397\uff09 3, Instructor : Sayaka Boa-Ampong (She is a communication designer.) 4, Participants : 20 children.(who live in Matsumoto city.) 5, expense : 200yen. 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