No, the title of this article is not some mistakenly translated Beetles lyric found on a karaoke box in Roppongi. It is a description a fine piece of Japanese culture. If you are like most people in Japan, yes, Japanese included, you have very definite ideas about what constitutes official, kimono clad, Japanese culture. In fact I have met countless teachers in my 11 years here who have told me that one of the reasons they chose Japan over other countries for teaching was that they were drawn here by __http://radaz212-kite.blogspot.com____. (Fill in the blank with any of the following: sushi, karate, kabuki theater, lacquer ware, aikido, Buddhism, fine pottery, manga.) What I have never heard anyone say is that they have come to Japan for its kites. Which is somewhat amazing as the kite in Japan is as old a tradition as many of the better-known forms of art.
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