Eニュース2024年8月11日湯沢七夕絵灯籠祭り

(The Tanabata Lantern Festival in Yuzawa City, Akita Prefecture, where approximately 170 lanterns)

The Tanabata Lantern Festival in Yuzawa City, Akita Prefecture, where approximately 170 lanterns

(depicting beautiful women and other images light up the summer nights, began on the 5th.)

depicting beautiful women and other images light up the summer nights, began on the 5th.

(It is said that this tradition began when a princess who married into Akita from Kyoto during the Edo period)

It is said that this tradition began when a princess who married into Akita from Kyoto during the Edo period

(wrote down her feelings for her hometown on strips of paper and decorated them on green bamboo.)

wrote down her feelings for her hometown on strips of paper and decorated them on green bamboo.

(A local man in his 20s, whose mother is involved in making edorou, said, "I think the charm of edorou)

A local man in his 20s, whose mother is involved in making edorou, said, "I think the charm of edorou

(is that each artist uses different colors and draws different lines.")

is that each artist uses different colors and draws different lines."