I'm such an otaku. I was leafing through my California guidebook and found the page about Little Tokyo in Los Angeles. I found out that every summer the Japanese community organises Nisei Week and on the Nisei Week website I saw they organise events for Tanabata too!
I've seen Tanabata mentioned in so many manga and anime, attending an actual Tanabata festival is like a dream come true! Like eating okonomiyaki for the first time (if you were a fan of Ai Shite Knight in the'80s, you know what I'm talking about). I still want to visit Japan at least once in my life, but in the meantime this is the next best thing.
I've seen Tanabata mentioned in so many manga and anime, attending an actual Tanabata festival is like a dream come true! Like eating okonomiyaki for the first time (if you were a fan of Ai Shite Knight in the'80s, you know what I'm talking about). I still want to visit Japan at least once in my life, but in the meantime this is the next best thing.