Boy's day

This is a back-dated entry which for some reason did not appear. Its about Boy's Day which occurs every year on May 5th. It falls in the long chain of National holidays the Japanese affectionately call the Golden Week, coz its the week when nearly all Japanese go on vacation. Some say this holiday is the Japanese version of the Chinese 端午节... the dumpling one which falls on the 5th of the 5th lunar month as well. On top of that, this festival also welcomes in the spring after the long chill, but then again, spring comes at different times in different parts of Japan. For more info on Boy's day, click here for Wiki!

We were supposed to attend a festival, but coz I only came home at 7am that morning, hmm... by the time we got there, everything was over.....


However, we managed to catch pictures of this Koi flag hanging outside somebody's house. The kid's called Taro.


And we also ate the official bun for Boy's day!


Slack.