We'd get peaches and pears, eggplants, melons, things like that...Pretty close to the thin strips used these days, I guess.But, first things first...I can't even make fun of her...She seems so serious about thisGot it.We also had a game of using ink to write poems on mulberry leaves and making wishes.Dew gathered on taro leaves was likened to "water from the River of Heaven"...If it's settled, we should start arranging everything we need for Tanabata.Back in the Heian era, we used to celebrate Tanabata by watching the Moon and reciting poetry.