Prayers for Lasting Love and Fish Eggs: A Very Japanese New Year
January 3rd 2011 I was anxious to spend 5-days with my in-laws in Fukuoka for the New Year holiday. Not that I don't like them, I do actually adore them. But if one experienced New Year in Japan, its the most important holiday for them, but unlike most countries, the celebration is way too quiet compared to the usual big bang New Year festivities most people have grown accustomed to. If a city as big as Osaka can
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