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Japanese Culture Class #21 - The Star Festival

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Learn about Japanese culture with JapanesePod101.com! Yesterday was Tanabata, or The Star Festival, and today we bring you background and cultural information about this celebration! We also touch on ochugen, or mid-year gifts, and a few other important topics in Japanese culture for this time of the year. Also, you don’t want to miss Yoshi-san and Chigusa-san singing the Tanabata song! And listen over and over in the line-by-line transcript - a learning center exclusive!

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