Kodomo no Hi

May 5th in Japan is Kodomo no Hi, or, Children's Day. It used to be a day for boys, but now it's officially a day to celebrate children and their unique personalities.

Here we have RatCat wearing a paper Kabuto, a Japanese military helmet, and koi carp-shaped flags. Both are usually displayed on Kodomo no hi.

Until tomorrow! =^o,,o^=

Midori no Hi

Since 2007 May 4th has been "Midori no Hi" in Japan (before that it was on April the 29th). Midori no Hi means 'day of green' or, if you will, greenery day. It's one of those Golden week holidays. So on this day be sure to appreciate the nature around you, unless nature comes into your house in the form of a spider. In that case, feel free to escort nature to some place else.

Midori no Kitten

 RatCat and the FPM are taking care of their Bonsai tree.

Until tomorrow! =^o,,o^=

Kittens and flags

It's no coincidence I chose May to be Japan month. Quite a few Japanese national holidays fall in the first week of May (and one on April 29th). The week in which these holidays fall is known as Golden Week. One of the national holidays is today (May 3rd): constitution memorial day. I wasn't really sure what to do with that, drawing wise, so some of the colorful kittens decided to pose with some Japanese flags:

Tadaa

Until tomorrow! =^o,,o^=

RatCat daruma doll

Japan month continues with a RatCat version of the Daruma. Daruma is a Japanese paper-mache doll which, in RatCat style, looks kind of like this:

You generally buy a Daruma doll without any eyes. Then you make a wish or set a goal as you draw in one eye. When the wish comes true or you reach your goal you draw in the other eye. My goal is to post something every day this month. Hopefully we'll see a two-eyed RatCat Daruma at the end of the month.

Until tomorrow! =^o,,o^=

Japan Month is here!

Yes, that's right this month (this whole month) will be Japan month! The goal is to post something Japan related on here every day for the entire month of May.

We're starting this month of Japanesenessessess (there's going to be so much stuff, just one "ness" isn't enough!) off with something I think everybody knows and a lot of people love: sushi.

RatCat decided to dress up as sushi. In case you don't know your sushi very well, he's an ebi (shrimp) nigiri.

I'm not sure whether or not it's a coincidence, but right after RatCat dressed up as a sushi Evil Space RatCat wanted to dress up as a sushi chef...

Finally, I have to apologize for Lucy who seems to have forgotten her manners and, without the use of chopsticks, is just stuffing her face with endless amounts of sushi. To be fair, I'm not sure she's able to hold chopsticks.


Do you like sushi? Until tomorrow! =^o,,o^=