Reiwa OSAKA Milky Way Legend

About This Event

Countless blue wish stars drifting on the river

Reiwa OSAKA Milky Way Legend is an event unique to the water city of Osaka in which glowing LED 'wish stars,' carrying people's wishes, are released onto the Okawa River—closely tied to the Milky Way legend—to draw a fantastical river of stars across the water on Tanabata night. Begun in 2010 as the Heisei version, it has carried on into the Reiwa era. Tens of thousands of blue lights flow together along the river from Tenjinbashi to Hachikenya and Tenmabashi, joined by water-and-light shows. Visitors can write a wish and release a star, watching from riverbanks or cruise boats.