2009年1月13日火曜日

New Year's Gift "お年玉"(otoshidama)

We have a lot of event in New Year's Day in Japan!!
I'll tell you one of the event!!









Do you know お年玉otoshidama(New year's gift)?!
In the New Year’s day , parents and relative give their children some money.







The sum and target age of Otoshidama(New Year's gift) is different in each family and each relative.
In my case.......
☆kindergartner-first to six grades in elementary
→3000yen (about 30 dollars)








☆junior high school-high school→5000yen (about 50 dollars)









☆University student→5000yen or 10000yen(about 100 dollars)











and the pouch that we put the money called
ポチ袋(pochibukuro) or お年玉袋(otoshidamabukuro)


There are many kind of pouch, we buy it or make it near the New Year's day!!

this web-sight has a model of pochibukuro(ポチ袋).

please check and try it!!

・・・ イラストレーターのポチ袋(the pochibukuro made by illustrator)


http://www.printout.jp/factory/handmade/pochi/pochi_t01.html
・・・手作りファクトリー(hand-made factory)


At the first pochibukuro was used in Kansai area especially for geigi(芸妓-like a maiko舞妓-)'s tip and the sum of money wasn't a lot so the pouch that put the money was called pochi (=a little, just a small present)and now the pouch that we use called pochibukuro!!


Do you have any special things in the New Year's Day?! I would like to know the special New Year's event in the world!!!


Thank you for reading my blog!!


☆See you☆






2009年1月9日金曜日

★NAGANO★






My hometown is Nagano prefecture★☆


Nagano is very cold and has a lot of snow in winter.....



This winter vacation I went back to my home town and met my old friends♪


I really enjoyed talking and drinking with my friends☆

This picture is in the Japanese style bar!!

We can drink as much as we want for about 1000 yen to 2000 yen so I drank a lot...ha-ha
I had a great time at there!! I'm looking forward to seeing them in my spring vacation!!
I cannnot wait!!!