Saturday, March 06, 2010

very superstitious

Tuesday was hina matsuri (ひな祭り), Dolls' Festival, or Girls' Day. It's also sometimes called mimi no hi (みみのひ), another 語呂合わせ and a play on the 3/3 date. The dolls are hideously expensive (often in the several thousand dollar range), and then if you don't put them away in a timely matter, you're dooming your daughter to grow up to be an old maid. Like there isn't enough pressure to get married and procreate.

4 comments:

  1. "Mimi" means "cute" in French. Could be useful.

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  2. How about "jolie"? Seems I picked that up somewhere.

    Cute seems appropriate since little girls like to call rabbits "mimichan".

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  3. Jolie = pretty.

    Mimichan. Aww. I love rabbits.

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  4. Have you seen this post?
    http://www.julieinjapan.com/2010/03/okunoshima-island-hiroshima.html
    Really. Wanna. Go.

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