Tanabata palm (Animal Crossing)

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Type of furniture Tanabata palm #373[nb 1]
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Tanabata palm
Buy price Sell price
 1,925 Bells  481 Bells
Size
1.0 x 1.0  1 × 1
Obtain via:
(DnM+)
 Tortimer (Tanabata)
Obtain via:
(AC/DnMe+)
 Crazy Redd's
 Treasure hunt
 Tree (good luck)
 Wisp
HRA points 412
HRA penalty if facing wall Unknown
Feng shui
Special
Appearances
In other games
New Leaf (bamboo grass)
New Horizons (bamboo grass)
Names in other languages
 たなばたのササ
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 palme tanabata
 árbol tanabata
 palma tanabata
 N/A
 N/A
 N/A
 N/A
 N/A
 Palmwedel
 N/A

The tanabata palm is a furniture item in Doubutsu no Mori+, Animal Crossing, and Doubutsu no Mori e+. The player can interact with this item to bring up a dialog.

The tanabata palm can be obtained from Crazy Redd's Furniture Emporium for  1,925 Bells, Wisp, a treasure hunt, or trees when the player has good luck. In Doubutsu no Mori+, it can instead be obtained from Tortimer during Tanabata. For the purpose of fêng shui, its color is special. This item is lucky, meaning it gives a 777-point Happy Room Academy bonus when placed in the player's house.

When interacted with, one of nine colored tags will be read at random:

  • The red tag says: "I want to become a better cook."
  • The blue tag says, "I hope I don't get hurt or sick."
  • The green tag says, "I hope I get to eat a lot."
  • The yellow tag says, "I hope I become popular."
  • The orange tag says, "I hope I learn to learn better."
  • The pink tag says, "I hope he notices me."
  • The pale blue tag says, "I hope I make lots of new friends."
  • The yellow tag says, "I hope everyone gets along."
  • The silver tag says, "I hope everybody goes to the island this year. ーKapp'n"

No villagers have this item in their home.

Real-world information

A photo of a bamboo tree with hanging tanzaku.

A tradition done on the Japanese festival Tanabata (たなばた/七夕?) is for people to write their wishes on a piece of paper known as a tanzaku (短冊?). These are then hanged on a bamboo tree for the remainder of the Tanabata festival. After the festival, the bamboo tree itself, with the tanzaku attached, is either burned or left to float on a river. More information on this topic is available at Wikipedia.

In other games

Notes

  1. Animal Crossing catalog number; #506 in Doubutsu no Mori+; #491 in Doubutsu no Mori e+

References