Celebrate Tanabata (Star Festival) by launching sky lanterns at Shinjuku Sumitomo Building’s Sankaku Hiroba square. The venue is covered by a glass roof, so that the event can still go on even when it rains.
Tanabata is a traditional Japanese festival, where people write wishes on strips of paper and hang them on bamboo branches. This three-day event, however, is doing things differently. Here, strips of wish-inscribed paper are attached to the bottom of modern sky lanterns lit with LED instead of candles, making them safer and super kid-friendly. There will be music performances and food stalls at the event.