Kid's Day

In Japan May 5th is a national holiday to celebrate children. Originally it only celebrated boys, but for some reason, despite the fact that girls also acquired their own holiday (March 3rd), they changed it from boy's day to kid's day. However, they still fly the carp flags to celebrate male children. On that day my host-dad took us to a nearby river where they had strung out a few long lines of these carp flags. Here are some pictures from the river:



And afterwards we all went back home to eat a big dinner.




And here are my host-sister and host-sister-in-law puzzling over my Japanese homework.



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