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I don't know if this makes sense outside of my head. And anyway, it's not the least bit true. In fact, I have a very average sense of smell. This is for the FGR 5 senses challenge.
Today was the last day of Golden Week. **Sigh** And the weather? Seven out of seven -- rainy, cloudy, gray skies. I had so much I wanted to do during the week off and because of the weather, did almost none of it. And if I needed extra depression, rainy season -- where you expect this kind of weather -- is just around the corner. Makes me extra happy that I paid for my ticket to California for summer vacation this evening.
May 5th is Children's Day. It used to be Boy's Day, but in a nod towards equality, it became Children's Day after WWII. Ironically, while the name changed, the celebrations remained strictly for boys. The tradition is to display brightly colored carp-shaped koinobori banners during the first week or so of May. The tradition was one carp for each son, but with the small families these days, most families fly a standard set of four banners. In addition, families with sons also display a doll wearing full samurai armor and/or a samurai helmet in the house. The special food for Children's Day is kashiwa mochi -- pounded rice cake filled with sweet bean paste wrapped in an oak leaf and chimaki -- sweet rice cake steamed in a bamboo leaf. Boys bathe in a special bath containing iris leaves for good luck or health or something.
I had one free pass remaining for my new sports club, so I took Michael along this afternoon. The big bath was full of iris leaves, so I should be well prepared for whatever benefit they provide.
175 of 365
I don't know if this makes sense outside of my head. And anyway, it's not the least bit true. In fact, I have a very average sense of smell. This is for the FGR 5 senses challenge.
Today was the last day of Golden Week. **Sigh** And the weather? Seven out of seven -- rainy, cloudy, gray skies. I had so much I wanted to do during the week off and because of the weather, did almost none of it. And if I needed extra depression, rainy season -- where you expect this kind of weather -- is just around the corner. Makes me extra happy that I paid for my ticket to California for summer vacation this evening.
May 5th is Children's Day. It used to be Boy's Day, but in a nod towards equality, it became Children's Day after WWII. Ironically, while the name changed, the celebrations remained strictly for boys. The tradition is to display brightly colored carp-shaped koinobori banners during the first week or so of May. The tradition was one carp for each son, but with the small families these days, most families fly a standard set of four banners. In addition, families with sons also display a doll wearing full samurai armor and/or a samurai helmet in the house. The special food for Children's Day is kashiwa mochi -- pounded rice cake filled with sweet bean paste wrapped in an oak leaf and chimaki -- sweet rice cake steamed in a bamboo leaf. Boys bathe in a special bath containing iris leaves for good luck or health or something.
I had one free pass remaining for my new sports club, so I took Michael along this afternoon. The big bath was full of iris leaves, so I should be well prepared for whatever benefit they provide.