TANABATA-2011
A large, beautiful Star Festival ornament (tanabata)
was set up in NWEC entrance hall this year.
NWEC-volunteers every year.
In tanabata of a traditional event, (The alias is called Star Festival),
our wish is written in the slip of paper that is called "tanzaku" and
it installs it in the tree branch of the bamboo.
The entire people are holding deep sadness in Japanese citizen for
"3.11 East Japan earthquake" now.
We set a main theme of the wish.
This year's theme is "Recovery and requiescat. "
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Hereafter, I will introduce the fabrication process of tanabata.
製作過程をご紹介しましょう。 
All of decorations are hand made by NWEC-volunteers.
Volunteers are happily weaving the paper folding while shining,
and recalling eyes like the girl.
ボランティア達は少女の時の様に目を輝かせたり、思い出したりしながら、楽しくおしゃべりし、折り紙を織っています。
The work is divided
right and left because
it is a too big Star
Festival ornament and
it decorates it.
あまりにも大きな七夕飾りなので、左右手分けして飾っていきます。
The size might be understood even if it sees on.
The strip of paper that keenly wished "Society in the future without the nuclear power plant"
was applied.
When the decorated Star Festival is given and seen.
It introduces the legend from the antiquity about manners that write the wish in the strip of paper.
It is said that the progress of the learning thing is fulfilled when the dew collected in the leaf of
It is said that the progress of the learning thing is fulfilled when the dew collected in the leaf of
the aroid is collected, the Indian ink is printed, and the character like the wish etc. is spelt with
the Indian ink.
As for the strip of paper, the five-colored (green, bright red, yellow, white, and black) paper with
As for the strip of paper, the five-colored (green, bright red, yellow, white, and black) paper with
the meaning told from the Buddhism from old times is used.
短冊に願い事を書く風習について、古い時代からの言い伝えを紹介します。
サトイモの葉に溜まった夜露を集めて墨をすり、その墨で願い事など文字をつづると、
手習い事の上達が叶うと言われています。
短冊は、古来仏教から伝えられた意味のある五色(緑・紅・黄・白・黒)の紙が用いられています。
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Address of thanks to chief
director of National Women's
Education Center Michiko
Kanda.
We learnt a lot of wisdoms and courages
from her. And, elegant settled way to talk
and large-boned action posture will become
our models.
Thank you really for leading our volunteer
Thank you really for leading our volunteer
for seven years and three months.
彼女から多くの知恵と勇気を学びました、落ち着いた上品な話し方、骨太の行動姿勢は私たちの手本となるでしょう。７年3ヶ月にわたり私たちボランティアを導いて頂き、本当にありがとうございました。
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あぢさゐの 花のよひらに もる月を 影もさながら 折る身ともがな（源俊頼）
ver.2 以上 撮影はボランティアの会
