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However, our school celebrated the festival a little early.<br/> Every year we decorate the front entrance with the special festival dolls, and there are always people who are excited to see the pretty ornaments for the first time and take plenty of pictures. In class, the students enjoyed small parties to celebrate the day; eating specially-colored small rice crackers (hina-arare) while listening to the teachers explain the festival, and then folding origami. (How did they turn out?) <br/> Although the Doll s Festival is Girl s Day, the male students appreciated the traditional nature of the dolls and asked wide-ranging questions such as how many levels there are. We were so happy to hear that the students enjoyed the decorations we had set up. The dolls are extremely cute, but it is said that if you keep them on display past the holiday you ll have a late marriage. So we will be sure to take them down as soon as possible on March 4th for all those who are not yet married!&nbsp;</p> <p class="word"> <table style="width: 274px"> <tr> <td style="height: 26px"> </td> <td style="width: 158px; height: 26px"> </td> <td style="width: 55px; height: 26px"> <img alt="Initial Y.K" height="30" src="../img/yk.gif" width="50" /></td> </tr> </table> <br/p> </p> </div> </td> <td width="20" rowspan="3" class="bgs"><img src="../../images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="380" height="30"><p class="up">2010 /2 / No.3</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="380" height="410" valign="top"><div class="photo"><img src="../img/10-02/e3.jpg" alt="Photo" width="280" height="350"></div></td> </tr> </table> <table width="780" height="56" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" bgcolor="#336600"> <!--DWLayoutTable--> <tr> <td width="760" height="14" valign="top" class="bgwhite"><img src="../../images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="14"></td> <td width="20" class="bgs"><img src="../../images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="20" height="1"></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="white">Copyright &copy; 2004-<script type="text/javascript">myDate = new Date();myYear = myDate.getFullYear();document.write(myYear);</script> <a href="mailto:info@musashi-nihongo.jp"> Musashi-Urawa Japanese Language Institute</a> All Rights Reserved <script type="text/javascript" language="JavaScript"> <!-- var pg = "E-diary2010-2-3"; var a = "&&"; var pf = navigator.platform + a; var lng = navigator.language + a; var swh = screen.width + "x" + screen.height + a; var cd = screen.colorDepth + a; var pd = screen.pixelDepth + a; var rf = document.referrer; var now = new Date(); document.write("<img src='http://www.musashi-nihongo.jp/ds/dsw.cgi?xx=",now.getSeconds(),"&&p=g&&md=j&&"); document.write("pg="+pg+a+"pf="+pf+"lng="+lng+"swh="+swh+"cd="+cd+"pd="+pd+"rf="+rf); document.write("' alt='CGI' border=0>"); // --> </script> <noscript> <img src="http://www.musashi-nihongo.jp/ds/dsw.cgi?p=g&&cnt=no&&pg=E-diary2010-2-3" alt="CGI" border=0> </noscript></td> <td width="20" class="bgs"><img src="../../images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="20" height="1"></td> </tr> </table> </center></td></body> </html>