CONVERSATION QUESTIONS
Intermediate
Holidays: Tanabata

Questions

 

Have a conversation with your tutor using the questions below as starting points. It's okay not to do all 10 questions. Go where the conversation takes you!

  • Do you always write a wish on a strip of paper and hang it on a bamboo tree?

  • Have any of your Tanabata wishes ever come true?

  • Have you ever seen the Milky Way (Japanese amanogawa) in the night sky?

  • Do you know the story behind Tanabata?

  • Do you think the Tanabata story is romantic or sad?

  • Do you think the Tanabata story has a true origin?

  • Do you eat anything special for Tanabata?

  • Do any parts of Japan have a special Tanabata festival?

  • Do many couples want to get married on July 7 because of Tanabata?

  • Has Tanabata in Japan changed since you were a child?