UPDATE: This edition of the Japan Blog Matsuri has now been published. All of the fantastic submissions can be viewed on the Famous Japanese Events post.
Welcome to the theme announcement for the February 2011 edition of the Japan Blog Matsuri, where I am privileged to be the host once again. The last time I had this honour was for the January 2010 Famous Japanese People theme.
This edition of the Japan Blog Matsuri marks it’s fourth anniversary after it was founded in February 2007 by Ken Y-N of WhatJapanThinks.com. The theme of the inaugural Matsuri was “festivals”.
The Japan Blog Matsuri is a blog carnival where everyone is invited to participate! It is a monthly round-up of articles motivated by the announcement of a Japan-related theme with the intention of creating a list of inspiring articles and images about Japan based on that theme.
Before we get into the specifics of this month’s Matsuri, a special thanks to Blue Shoe over at Just Another Day In Japan for hosting the previous Japan Blog Matsuri on Japan Firsts.
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Nestled on the fringe of the Japanese Alps in the snow country of Niigata is the ski township of Yuzawa. Acclaimed for it’s bubbling hot springs and renowned for it’s bustling skiing resorts the region has also played inspiration to countless writers, poets and artists, most notably Nobel Prize-winning Japanese author Yasunari Kawabata who used the onsen town as the setting for his classic novel Yukiguni.
My memories of this winter wonderland are not as fond but instead a traumatic recollection reminiscent of a virgin skier, deflowered and defiled on the slopes of northern Honshu. The story of the Purple Sumo of Naeba.
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Each year McDonald’s in Japan releases a popular limited time menu item, the Tsukimi Burger (月見バーガー, literally moon-viewing burger), available only during Autumn. The Tsukimi Burger is a hamburger that contains a poached egg with the yolk representing the moon on an egg white sky, a hamburger patty, bacon and a special teriyaki-like sauce. The year 2010 marks the 20th year anniversary of this seasonal specialty burger.
This article is a submission for the Japan Blog Matsuri hosted by Surviving in Japan with the theme “Fall is the season for eating (食欲の秋)”.
Tags: autumn, blog carnival, edamame, fast food, festival, hamburger, hanami, harvest, japan, japan blog matsuri, jbmatsuri, jugoya, mangetsu, mcdonald's, moon, tsukimi
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