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		<title>My Favorite Cherry Blossom Photo This Year</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2009 03:31:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Debbie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cherry Blossoms or &#8220;sakura&#8221; are a major part of Japanese culture. I&#8217;d say there are at least 200 cherry trees within a mile of my house, and this is not at all unusual. It&#8217;s a perfect opportunity to try for the ultimate cherry blossom photo.
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		<title>Japanese Bamboo</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2009 12:03:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Debbie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Japanese bamboo is amazing. It usually grows from root tubers sent out underground by the parent tree, but if you plant a seed, you will have to wait years before it sprouts, then it will grow to it&#8217;s full height in only 40 days. Japanese bamboo is actually a form of grass, but is so [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Years in Japan</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2009 04:54:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Debbie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[New Years in Japan is festival based predominantly on Shinto traditions. It&#8217;s a day full of customs and superstitions that nearly everyone observes from eating fish eggs in the morning so your children will thrive to sticking your head in the mouth of a health lion!
We have a Shinto shrine near the top of a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Christmas in Japan</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Dec 2008 06:01:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Debbie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am often asked if people celebrate Christmas in Japan. Yes, in a sense they do. The cities are aglow with Christmas lights and decorations from the middle of October. The traditional treat for Christmas in Japan is a white champagne cake with whipped cream and strawberries, heavily decorated with a plastic Santa Claus and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Introducing Children to Shinto</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 06:02:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Debbie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Shinto religion in Japan requires parents to take their children to the shrine at ages 3, 5 and 7 to be dedicated to the Shinto gods, and recieve protection as they grow up. The children are dressed in brilliant kimonos, or finely embroidered &#8220;hakama,&#8221;  the samurai costume of ancient Japan, and taken to [...]]]></description>
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