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Keeping Cool in Japan

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(idea) by sensei (6.6 y) (print)   ?   (I like it!) 5 C!s Sat Jul 01 2000 at 15:08:59

Kids these days have air conditioners.

In the old days, we just had windbells (furin). This is a bell hung on a string with a thin rectangular piece of paper (tanazuka) with a poem written on it.

A breeze will make the bell chime to remind you that there is a breeze.

Oh, and the poem will either talk about how hot it is. Or be on a wintery theme. Either way, it is still hot.


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