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		<title>My dear Japan,</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Mar 2011 01:19:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[brush the scrapes from your knees, get up, like how you have done over and over before. you are one big pile of inspiration.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hinamatsuri.wordpress.com&amp;blog=826161&amp;post=221&amp;subd=hinamatsuri&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>5 signs winter is coming to Japan</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2008 02:30:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[(other than the obvious signs..) 1. Restaurants stop serving cold noodles 2. The vending machines sell hot drinks 3. The toilet seats are automatically warm (see: toilet) 4. Every convenient store sells ‘oden’ 5.They light things up **** **In summer, vending machines (jidouhanbai) sells cold drinks only (blue buttons), in winter, half of them changed [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hinamatsuri.wordpress.com&amp;blog=826161&amp;post=197&amp;subd=hinamatsuri&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>the heat of Gion Matsuri</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2008 14:07:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LL</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[FeSTiVaLs & eVENtS]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Uniquely Japan]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am from a  tropical country, but the summer in Kyoto is completely out of my heat threshold. At noon it could reach 36 degrees Celsius and the humidity makes me panting and sweating all the time. The good technology allows for every building and transportation to have air conditioners (in winter these AC work [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hinamatsuri.wordpress.com&amp;blog=826161&amp;post=175&amp;subd=hinamatsuri&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Red of Autumn</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Dec 2007 16:39:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LL</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Japan&#8217;s trees are flaming up in autumn. Not unlike sakura season, people go to the temples, zen gardens, mountains to gaze at the red maple leaves (momiji). This color marks a year of my life in Japan. I did not prepare many materials to write for this post. Instead, I chose to write a free-form [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hinamatsuri.wordpress.com&amp;blog=826161&amp;post=154&amp;subd=hinamatsuri&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Air that I Breathe, the City that I Live : Kyoto</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jun 2007 16:41:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LL</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ll tell you about the city I live in: Kyoto. The heartland of Japan. The city that was spared from atomic bombing 50 years ago, because of its beauty. Yes, its beauty. Henry L. Stimson, Secretary of War in the Roosevelt and Truman administrations, who twice visited Kyoto in the 1920&#8242;s, was conscious of its [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hinamatsuri.wordpress.com&amp;blog=826161&amp;post=133&amp;subd=hinamatsuri&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Baby Drop Box</title>
		<link>http://hinamatsuri.wordpress.com/2007/05/17/baby-drop-box/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2007 16:21:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LL</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uniquely Japan]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Living for a short time in this country can teach you so many things. Although I believe in the theory of &#8220;It&#8217;s not about what they teach you, it&#8217;s about what you learn&#8221;. Have I told you that Japan does things differently? Yep, this fact will cause a rush of different ideas every single day, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hinamatsuri.wordpress.com&amp;blog=826161&amp;post=127&amp;subd=hinamatsuri&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Sakura (Cherry Blossom Tree) and some other things&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://hinamatsuri.wordpress.com/2007/04/30/sakura-cherry-blossom-tree-and-some-other-things/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2007 05:50:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LL</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Japan reveals another vibe when spring season (haru) comes. This rapid-moving country seems to slow down a bit. You&#8217;ll find a Japanese in a full-black business suit stops under a sakura tree, sipping his can of Wonda coffee, taking pictures of the first blossoms with his mobile phone. You&#8217;ll find people &#8220;oooh-ing&#8221; and &#8220;aaah-ing&#8221; at [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hinamatsuri.wordpress.com&amp;blog=826161&amp;post=104&amp;subd=hinamatsuri&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Italy in Nagoya</title>
		<link>http://hinamatsuri.wordpress.com/2007/03/27/italy-in-nagoya/</link>
		<comments>http://hinamatsuri.wordpress.com/2007/03/27/italy-in-nagoya/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2007 09:21:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LL</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[FeSTiVaLs & eVENtS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FooD]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The fact that Hello Kitty is actually an English cat (say what?), explains a great deal about Japanese people. The creator of this cat-icon realized how the image of foreign countries, particularly America and Europe, would sell well in Japan. This is why the creator decided that Hello Kitty was born in England (read: Japan&#8217;s [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hinamatsuri.wordpress.com&amp;blog=826161&amp;post=90&amp;subd=hinamatsuri&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Equinox</title>
		<link>http://hinamatsuri.wordpress.com/2007/03/20/equinox/</link>
		<comments>http://hinamatsuri.wordpress.com/2007/03/20/equinox/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2007 10:03:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LL</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[FeSTiVaLs & eVENtS]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Equinox is the day when daylight and nighttime become exactly equal. The spring equinox falls around the 21st of March, where the weather is getting warmer, although due to global warming effect, it is not actually the case this year. The old Japanese folklore belief of worshiping the souls of ancestors was combined with the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hinamatsuri.wordpress.com&amp;blog=826161&amp;post=79&amp;subd=hinamatsuri&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Sumo</title>
		<link>http://hinamatsuri.wordpress.com/2007/03/12/sumo/</link>
		<comments>http://hinamatsuri.wordpress.com/2007/03/12/sumo/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Mar 2007 11:58:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LL</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[FeSTiVaLs & eVENtS]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There are not many countries who manage to create an identity as strong as Japan. Sakura means Japan, comics means Japan, sushi means Japan, not even mentioning all their famous brands. Sumo &#8211; a tactical game of strength and concentration- is one of their strongest identity. Although currently almost half of the sumo wrestlers are [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hinamatsuri.wordpress.com&amp;blog=826161&amp;post=42&amp;subd=hinamatsuri&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Riri</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">SumoFlags</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">sumoticket</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">SumoCup</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">sumo1</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">SumoOpeningCeremony</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">SumoCeremony</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">SumoClosingCeremony</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">SumoPillows</media:title>
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		<title>Hinamatsuri</title>
		<link>http://hinamatsuri.wordpress.com/2007/03/11/hinamatsuri/</link>
		<comments>http://hinamatsuri.wordpress.com/2007/03/11/hinamatsuri/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Mar 2007 15:58:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LL</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[ChiLdreN]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FeSTiVaLs & eVENtS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[kImOnO]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As weather is getting warmer and plum trees are about to blossom, the month of March is started with a colorful festival of Hinamatsuri (dolls&#8217;s festival). Hinamatsuri fell on the 3rd of March, a special day for the girls in the family.  Japanese families visit the temples to pray for the growth and happiness of their daughters. A set of hina [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hinamatsuri.wordpress.com&amp;blog=826161&amp;post=22&amp;subd=hinamatsuri&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Riri</media:title>
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		<title>Setsubun</title>
		<link>http://hinamatsuri.wordpress.com/2007/02/03/setsubun/</link>
		<comments>http://hinamatsuri.wordpress.com/2007/02/03/setsubun/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Feb 2007 10:05:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LL</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[FeSTiVaLs & eVENtS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FooD]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Go to the temple or a shrine on the Setsubun day, 3rd of February, it is amazingly fun. Men dressed in devilish outfit, food bazaar, traditional game of &#8216;catch the goldfish&#8217;, &#8230;., With some friends from my Japanese class, we went to the Yoshinda Jinja (shinto shrine) and watched children running and crying hysterically avoiding [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hinamatsuri.wordpress.com&amp;blog=826161&amp;post=28&amp;subd=hinamatsuri&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Riri</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">setsubun2</media:title>
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		<title>Coming-of-Age Day (Seijinshiki)</title>
		<link>http://hinamatsuri.wordpress.com/2007/01/29/coming-of-age-day-seijinshiki/</link>
		<comments>http://hinamatsuri.wordpress.com/2007/01/29/coming-of-age-day-seijinshiki/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Jan 2007 15:23:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LL</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[FeSTiVaLs & eVENtS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[kImOnO]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[15th of January On this day, every 20 years old youngsters are honored, be given rights of citizenships, allowed to vote, drink, etc&#8230; in short, they are considered as adults. Ceremonies are hold in the local prefecture offices, small gifts are given and the women wear the most elegant kimonos. photo: kimono girls<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hinamatsuri.wordpress.com&amp;blog=826161&amp;post=16&amp;subd=hinamatsuri&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>New Year &#8211; Shougatsu-</title>
		<link>http://hinamatsuri.wordpress.com/2007/01/28/january/</link>
		<comments>http://hinamatsuri.wordpress.com/2007/01/28/january/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Jan 2007 09:14:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LL</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[ChiLdreN]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[New year is probably the most important event for the Japanese since they consider a beginning of a year as the beginning of so many aspects in their life. During shougatsu sanganichi, which is January 1st, 2nd and 3rd; banks, government offices and nearly all companies and stores are closed. Therefore, although new year in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hinamatsuri.wordpress.com&amp;blog=826161&amp;post=3&amp;subd=hinamatsuri&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Riri</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">buy the luck</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">fortune paper (omikuji)</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">wish upon a paper</media:title>
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