Wednesday, June 30, 2010

The doctor is here.


My niece is also a fan of the most colorful parts of Japanese culture. As we feed on each other's discovery of interesting links, like this one: http://whiteboardjournal.com/news/publication/yokai-anatomy.html
I reflect on how organized my employers are, and how with regards to health and hygiene, they (the Japanese) will ensure that all goes as planned, in other words, a once-a-year health check up from the Doctor must be made, for your own good.
So the doctor is here. He is briefly and concisely checking everyone's health. I hope to pass the test, if at least the mental one.

*Yanagi-baba (”willow witch”) is the spirit of 1,000-year-old willow tree. Anatomical features include long, green hair resembling leafy willow branches, wrinkled bark-like skin, a stomach that supplies nourishment directly to the tree roots, a sac for storing tree sap, and a cane cut from the wood of the old tree. Although Yanagi-baba is relatively harmless, she is known to harass passersby by snatching umbrellas into her hair, blowing fog out through her nose, and spitting tree sap.

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