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 [...]
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Counting sheep
This is not just any sheep – this is Sleep Sheep! My brother and sister-in-law gave my daughter this cute little guy when she was born. What makes him the Sleep Sheep is that he has 4 different relaxing sounds to sooth a baby, or anyone, to sleep. You can choose from rainfall, ocean waves, [...]
Choo-choo Shu-shu-po-po
American locomotives go choo-choo and Japanese locomotives go shu-shu-po-po. I very well can’t have a blog about kids’ stuff without featuring anything on train sets. Keiji would never hear of such a thing. It’s a bit of an understatement to say he loves trains. And it seems this holds true for every young boy I’ve [...]