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Gotta love his mask!  
   

Gotta love his mask!

The really young kids (a.k.a. babies) were just given paper cut-outs of eyes, mouth, etc. and then glued them to their mask. I think it is quite obvious that this kid is an aspiring artist!
Setsubun!!!

February 3rd 2007
Every Friday morning I start my weekends off by visiting a kindergarten or day care center for the 3 hours before lunch (when my weekend technically begins). Visiting the kindergartens is enough fun to be considered a vacation, and this week it was even more vacation-like because we celebrated the Japanese holiday Setsubun . I have attached a better description of setsubun below, but I also w ... read more
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Japanese Flag In 1603, a Tokugawa shogunate (military dictatorship) ushered in a long period of isolation from foreign influence in order to secure its power. For 250 years this policy enabled Japan to enjoy stability and a flowering of its indigenous culture. Fol... ... read more
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