Tag Archives: modern

Valentine’s Day!

Posted on February 15, 2011 by superhappyawesome

It started on Thursday. Girls started appearing in the Teachers’ room with enormous shopping bags filled with smaller cellophane bags of homemade sweets. At first I thought they were trying to get a jump on the situation— perhaps bringing their … Continue reading →

Posted in Modern Traditions | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 8 Comments

Lucky Bags!

Posted on January 6, 2011 by superhappyawesome

One of the Japanese New Year’s traditions you may have heard of is Lucky Bags, or Fukubukuro (福袋). Basically around the start of the year, stores will take stock they want to get rid of, put it in bags, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Modern Traditions | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 11 Comments