Happy Girls' Day

Stan Sakai · Post by **Stan Sakai** » Mon Mar 03, 2003 13:11 -0700

March 3 is the traditional Girls' Day in Japan (Hinamatsuri). It is also Dolls' Day on which a family would display their figures of the Emperor's court along with white sake', mochi (rice cakes), and peach blossoms.

Post by **digulla** » Mon Mar 03, 2003 14:59 -0700

Heh... it seems that your search for meaningful dates for the UY2004 calendar has made you an expert in a new field

What does "figures of the Emperor's court" mean? Do Japanese have little figurines of their Emperor at home? Like photos of the President?

fortunec00kie · Post by **fortunec00kie** » Mon Mar 03, 2003 20:47 -0700

What??? You mean to tell me that March 3rd, my birthday, is a Girl's Day, what is up with that??? I have to call Japan and get it switched I don't want Girl's Day on my birthday, even though it was probably Girl's Day first........

fortunec00kie

P.S. happy Girl's Day everyone.

4NT · Post by **4NT** » Mon Mar 03, 2003 22:17 -0700

Happy Birthday Fortune Cookie! My birthday is tomorrow. Anything interesting happening on March 4th Stan?

Stan,
Thanks as always for the intersting tidbits of culture that you share with us, especially the mixture of Japanese/English dialogue you put in your comics.
My girlfriend was practicing making sushi the other day. She thought I was bilingual throwing all of those Japanese terms out at her (Kaiso, Nori, etc).

I was more excited about the Kaiso farming story (one of my favs) than she was. Oh well..

Stan Sakai · Post by **Stan Sakai** » Tue Mar 04, 2003 8:39 -0700

digulla wrote:
What does "figures of the Emperor's court" mean? Do Japanese have little figurines of their Emperor at home? Like photos of the President?

These are generic figures that represent the Imperial Court. They can be very detailed or very stylized. Sizes range from a few inches tall on up. A collection can also range from just figures of the Emperor and Empress, to a set with hundreds of characters--other nobility, samurai, servants, etc. We were in the doll district of Tokyo near Asakusa a few years ago, and there are a lot of stores that specialize in these figures. They are also sold in department stores. The neatest one I saw was a set comprised of Peanuts characters, with Snoopy and Woodstock as the Emperor and Empress.

Stan Sakai · Post by **Stan Sakai** » Tue Mar 04, 2003 8:43 -0700

4NT wrote:My birthday is tomorrow. Anything interesting happening on March 4th.

Not that I know of offhand. But March 6 is Utsu-ue Matsuri, the Ox Festival.

Stan Sakai · Post by **Stan Sakai** » Tue Mar 04, 2003 8:46 -0700

fortunec00kie wrote:What??? You mean to tell me that March 3rd, my birthday, is a Girl's Day, what is up with that??? I have to call Japan and get it switched I don't want Girl's Day on my birthday, even though it was probably Girl's Day first........

fortunec00kie

P.S. happy Girl's Day everyone.

Consider yourself lucky that you weren't born later in the month or you might have shared your birthday with the "Giant Penis Festival". This is, of course, a fertility festival for families as well as for bountiful crops.

M@ Nelson · Post by **M@ Nelson** » Thu Mar 06, 2003 7:03 -0700

Consider yourself lucky that you weren't born later in the month or you might have shared your birthday with the "Giant Penis Festival". This is, of course, a fertility festival for families as well as for bountiful crops.

Actually Stan, I'm betting a lot of guys wouldn't mind sharing their birthday with this festival at ALL,

Matt

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