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Reunited, and it feels so good

People walk under banners hung to celebrate the Tanabata star festival in Hiratsuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Friday. About 1.5 million visitors are expected to visit Hiratsuka during the three-day event through Sunday. The festival celebrates the reunion of the deities and lovers Orihime and Hikoboshi, who can only meet on the night of July 7. | SATOKO KAWASAKI

People walk under banners hung to celebrate the Tanabata star festival in Hiratsuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Friday. About 1.5 million visitors are expected to visit Hiratsuka during the three-day event through Sunday. The festival celebrates the reunion of the deities and lovers Orihime and Hikoboshi, who can only meet on the night of July 7. | SATOKO KAWASAKI

Satoko Kawasaki

Jul 5, 2019

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.

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