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July 7th, 2011: The main form of decorations displayed for Tanabata. [1] Today is another Japanese holiday.  However, unlike the other ones I've talked about so far, this one is largely a Chinese adopted holiday.  Tanabata, or 'The Star Festival,' is the Chinese festival of Qixi and most of the traditions and customs performed in the Japanese Tanabata have Chinese origins.  Tanabata (七夕) is

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Crow in Yoyogi Park.  This one is smaller than a lot of them here; I couldn't find the larger ones when I went to take pictures. One of the most noticeable differences for me while living in Japan has been the crows.  Unlike back at home, crows here reach monstrous size, some getting more than twice as big as the ones in the U.S.  They look and feel like they should be ravens, in the vein of

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June 26th, 2011: Today we went to Meiji Jingū Gyoen for the second time.  Meiji Jingū Gyoen (明治神宮御苑) is the garden inside of Meiji Jingū, a shrine made for Emperor Meiji and Empress Shoken in 1920.  I have talked about Meiji Jingū here, when we went there for Hatsumōde, or the Japanese New Year's tradition of first visit to a shrine.  This was our second visit to the garden as we went on

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