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March 3rd is Girls’ Day

In Japan March 3rd is a holiday (but not a national holiday) called Doll’s Festival, Hina Matsuriひなまつり雛祭り。Girls display a set of dolls of an emperor and an empress called hina ningyoひなにんぎょう雛人形。The dolls are set up on display a few days before March 3rd and packed away no later than March 3rd because there is a [...]

The Flight to Tokyo

I’ve seen many mothers travel by themselves with children. Watching from the outside it looked pretty stressful. From my own personal experience on a 4.5 hour flight with a toddler and an infant, I realize it is as stressful as it looked. We first went to Manila to visit my folks. Yuki had to go [...]