# Tanabata Monogatari — A gentle Tanabata run for kids

> A gentle Tanabata run for kids (iPhone/iPad app by Kentaro Miura.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/tanabata-monogatari/id6785191108 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Kentaro Miura](https://appshunter.io/developer/909578100)
- Category: Games, Casual, Family
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 17.0 · 85 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-07-01
- Data updated: 2026-10-28

## What is Tanabata Monogatari?

Perfect for Tanabata, the Japanese star festival on July 7! On this night, families write wishes on strips of paper and hang them on bamboo. The festival comes from an old legend: Orihime and Hikoboshi, two stars separated by the Milky Way, are allowed to meet only once a year, when magpies gather to form a bridge across the sky. In this game, parents and children live that legend together.

Note: the game's text is in Japanese (simple hiragana for young children). Play is one tap and needs no reading, so families anywhere can enjoy it, and it is a lovely way to share a Japanese festival.

■ Work, then run
Tap anywhere to complete four little chores, one at a time. Each tap shows your progress: a new row of cloth, a new sprout, one more stitch, a little more water in the bucket. When the work is done, the magpies become a bridge and the run begins.

■ Easy to play
Tap to jump over gaps and obstacles. That's it!

■ Catch shooting stars
Every star you catch brings everyone's wishes closer. Reach the goal and the two stars meet again, with a picture of their reunion (and a special one if you never fell). Then it's on to next year's Tanabata.

■ Five ways to run
- Easiest and Easy: short bridges for the littlest children
- Hard: a longer bridge with tricky gaps
- Heavy Rain: the biggest challenge, on a rainy night
- Fireworks Night: the easy bridge under a festival sky

■ More to enjoy
- Golden shooting stars: jump high to catch them for extra wishes
- A magpie rescue if you fall, once per run
- A "Perfect!" badge for reaching the goal without falling
- A wish collection with 101 wishes, plus wishes you write yourself

■ For parents
- The game's text is Japanese. Menus are short, and the pictures show what to do.
- A run takes about 10 to 30 seconds. If your child falls, a magpie lifts them back up once; after a second fall, a soft "almost!" screen lets them try again.
- Ads appear only outside play: a small banner on the title screen and sometimes a full-screen ad after tapping "Run again." No ads appear during the run. Ads are set to family-friendly content and are not personalized. You can skip the chores once a day for free, with no ad.
- No in-app purchases. Game records are saved only on this device.

Will Orihime and Hikoboshi meet again this year? Run across the Milky Way and make everyone's wishes come true.

## Is Tanabata Monogatari safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess Tanabata Monogatari.

## Is Tanabata Monogatari legit?

Tanabata Monogatari appears legitimate, with a few gaps. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Tanabata Monogatari is 65 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.


## Version history (last 3 releases)

### 1.2.0 — 2026-10-26

What's new:
- The store listing is now available in English.
- Shooting stars now carry over between runs, so wishes come true little by little.
- Reaching the goal always grants at least one wish, on every difficulty.
- The story and the picture shown at the goal now say when the two stars meet: the night of July 7.
- Reach the goal without falling and you get a special picture for that year.
- Orihime's ribbon color is now consistent across the game.
- Ads now appear only as a banner on the title screen and, sometimes, a full-screen ad after "Run again." No ads during the run.
- Skipping work for the next year no longer needs an ad: you can skip once a day for free.
- Hikoboshi and Orihime have new running and jumping animations.
- The chores are more fun: each tap shows your progress, and fewer taps are needed before the run begins.
- Added a page for parents about the story behind Tanabata, and links to other games in the same series (opened with a parent's long press).

### 1.1.0 — 2026-08-23

v1.1 アップデート

・きんの ながれぼし が とうじょう！ たかく ジャンプして とると、ねがいが たくさん かなうよ。
・あたらしい けしき「大雨（おおあめ）」と「はなび大会」を ついか。あめの よるも、はなびの よるも、はしを かけぬけて 会いに いこう！
・あなに おちても、かささぎが 1かいだけ たすけてくれる ように なりました（さいごまで あきらめないで）。
・いちども おちずに ゴールすると「パーフェクト！」の しょうごう が でるよ。
・しっぱいしても「もういちど はしる」で すぐ やりなおせるように なりました。
・ながれぼしと おじゃまの イラストが あたらしく なって、きらきら かがやくよ。
・大雨と はなび大会を クリアすると、その年だけの とくべつな イラストが みられるよ。
・ぶるぶる（しんどう）で、とれた・かなった しゅんかんが もっと きもちよく。せっていで オフにも できます。
・「◯かいめの たなばた」を きろく。あそぶほど おもいでが ふえていきます。

これからも やさしく たのしい 七夕を おとどけします。

### 1.0.0 — 2026-07-01

No release notes.

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