A star, Vega, is known as Orihime in the TNABATA legend. Orihime, a daughter of the king of star, Tenko, is good at weaving and a hard worker. She worked too hard to fall in love; thus one day Tenko permitted to meet a guy, Hikoboshi, who is a cow keeper known as Altair. They fell in love instantly, and Tenko permitted their marriage.
They had fulfilling days. On the other hand they stopped working. Tenko got in rage and separated the two across the Amanogawa River. Orihime cried over everyday. Finally Tenko permitted to meet Hikoboshi once a year on 7th of July if the sky was clear, because if it rains, the Amanogawa River submerges the bridge for them.
However we an additional story of this. If it rains, birds come over and make a another bridge with their wings for the two.
It’s a very romantic story, isn’t it? It’ll rain tomorrow in Tokyo, so the birds will help them this year.
Posted by Glnovis 
