Tanabata (七夕, meaning "Seven Evenings")
is a Japanese star festival, derived from Obon traditions and the Chinese star festival, Qi Xi. The festival is usually held on July 7, and celebrates the meeting of Orihime (Vega) and Hikoboshi (Altair). The Milky Way, a river made from stars that crosses the sky, separates these lovers, and they are allowed to meet only once a year. This special day is the seventh day of the seventh lunar month of the lunisolar calendar.
In present-day Japan, people generally celebrate this day by writing wishes, sometimes in the form of poetry, on tanzaku (短冊), small pieces of paper, and hanging them on bamboo, sometimes with other decorations.
Neat
Well this is a neat little item it provides you with a rather large bamboo and 3 different decorations to place on it and upon click you get a card to rez with your wish the only draw back is that if you put up this tree and want guests to use it they have to be able to rez which isn't always a good idea or possible. It can also get very prim heavy with decorations and wishes but its still a neat little tree.