Tanabata star festival starts in Sendai

People walk on a shopping street in the northeastern Japan city of Sendai under colorful streamers of the "tanabata" star festival, which started there on Aug. 6, 2015. It is expected around 2.1 million people will visit the city, hit by the March 2011 disaster, through the final day of the festival on Aug. 8. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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