Students Wrote Their Wishes on Tanzaku Strips

Tanabata is coming soon.

At ASAHI文化学院, we prepared a bamboo branch and had students write their wishes and hang them as decorations.

For Tanabata, everyone wrote all kinds of wishes.

Given the time of year, a very large number of students were wishing to pass the JLPT,

but tanzaku strips decorated with all sorts of wonderful wishes — world peace, family health, and success in their academic goals — were hung up as well.

Some unique wishes included:

"May I get permanent residency," "Fall down seven times, get up eight," and "I will become good at drawing"

— ranging from heartfelt wishes, to mottos in life, to personal declarations.

After decorating, everyone had a group photo session.

Watching students enjoying themselves so innocently, I find myself thinking:

"May all of your wishes come true."