The Tanabata Wind Chime Festival is being held at Heian Shrine in Sakyo Ward, Kyoto City. A total of about 1,000 wind chimes are hung from the vermilion-painted corridors (an Important Cultural Property) and the ceiling of Taiheikaku in the shrine gardens, ringing out soft sounds and providing a sense of coolness to worshippers.

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