People Are Trying Not To Bother The Tanabata(Star Festival) Legendary Couple's Annual Date On July 7th

Yesterday I introduced a traditional seasonal event on July 7th named "Tanabata", and I'd like to introduce more detailed story of the Tanabata Legend. As I wrote previously, the Tanabata legend was originally imported from China but it was combined with Japanese seasonal custom to form the current style of Tanabata event in Japan.

The legend is a romantic story about a couple representing two actual stars like stories of constellations in Greek myths. Well, the story is below.

...Long ago, there was a daughter of a god in the sky named Ori-hime (means Weaving-princess). She is representing a star which is known as "Vega" in constellation Lyra located in the west side of the Milky Way. Her job was weaving cloth and she was working diligently every day. Then her father god started to look for a good husband-to-be for her. 
Soon the father god found a nice diligent young man in the east side of the Milky Way. His name was Hiko-boshi (means Male-star) and his job was taking care of cattle at the Milky Way. Thus the father god arranged marriage of his daughter and Hiko-boshi. They fell in love and were very happy with the marriage.
However, the young couple started to enjoy staying together too much and neglected their jobs. Ori-hime stopped weaving and Hiko-boshi stopped taking care of cattle. Even after the father god admonished them, they didn't change their attitude. Eventually the father god became really angry and he split the young couple and made them live separately on the opposite side of the Milky Way. 
Ori-hime and Hiko-boshi regretted a lot for their laziness and apologized to the father god but father god was too angry to forgive them. Long after the father god confirmed they had been working diligently again as they did before the marriage, he said they were allowed to have a date once a year. Since then they started to have a date on July 7th, and that's the Tanabata Day.

It's a nice romantic legend that most Japanese know, but recently illumination at night has been too bright and people in cities can't see both of the stars and the Milky Way. Therefore, a new attempt started in some areas recently and people are trying to "Light-down" the areas to see the two Tanabata legendary stars and the Milky Way. It's a nice Eco-friendly idea. Probably the star couple would also feel happy to have their annual date quietly!