Tanabata decorations in the B1 central atrium at Palaceside Building came down after July 7. This year many tanzaku with your wishes were removed from the bamboo and are now with the Meitenkai team who planned the display.
Building workers, restaurant guests—many kinds of wishes. International too: tanzaku in English, Chinese and Korean.
A Meitenkai staff member showed us one that made her say "I was so happy":
☆Reading everyone's wishes cheered me up. Thank you to the planners. May all your wishes come true
—a tanzaku full of kindness and encouragement. Six linked sheets by students of a Japanese writing institute were read like a chain novel.
—Here are some highlights this year.
★I want my own home
★May my savings grow
★May every lottery ticket I buy win
★May the world be at peace
★I want to move to a spacious house with a big kitchen and separate vanity
—Work and job hunting.
★May I get better at computers
★May I pass the IT certification exam
★May I escape being a NEET
★May the president never come back
—Family and health.
★May I stay healthy
★May Chi-chan slim down and become even cuter and prettier
★May a healthy, strong child be born
★May my family live full of happiness
★May a cute baby arrive
—Love and marriage, as always.
★May I meet someone wonderful
★May I get married
★May I be blessed with a good match
—Bold and amusing wishes.
★I want to become a god
★I want to become Kamen Rider
★Finish the Tokyo Marathon in 3 hours
The tanzaku will be offered at Kanda Myojin Shrine next week. Surely the deity will grant everyone's wishes.
A lottery run by Meitenkai during the period was also a hit: 888 prizes totaling 1 million yen, including a top travel voucher (100,000 yen), robot vacuums, tablets and more—much delight.