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Beiju - 88th Birthday

Sat, Oct 18 2008 18:17 | beiju, culture, 88, birthday | Permalink
In Japan, a person's 88th birthday is called "beiju" and is a special celebration where yellow- or gold-colored gifts are given. The "bei" of beiju comes from the three kanji characters for eight "八", ten "十", and eight "八", or "hachijuu-hachi" (88), which combined together form the character kome, or rice "米". You can see one eight flipped upside-down on the top, the other on the bottom, and
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Rick Cogley
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