Today is J-Thanksgiving / Season's Greetings!

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A pair of beluga greets visitors during a show at Hakeijima Sea Paradise in Yokohama, south of Tokyo --November 23, 2003. REUTERS
More dolphins arrive in Japan after anti-hunt protesters--Sun Nov 23, 6:01 PM ET TAIJI, Japan (AFP) - Thirteen fishing boats herded a pod of Risso's dolphins into this small central Japanese town, their seventh haul this year...

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BTW...

For all you people in the Real World, Japan is closed for Labour Thanksgiving Day (Kinrokansha no Hi) today. It's the he Japanese equivalent of Labor Day, wiith a twisto that we are supposed to be thankful for having jobs? It turns out that it's a slealth Emperor Worship Day... a harvest festival tradition "Niinamesai" { "New Taste Fest.}" At this time, the Emperor tastes the new harvest of rice in the darkness of night, in the presence of the True spirits of Japan, his Ancestors the Gods. Sheesh.

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It turns out that it's a slealth Emperor Worship Day... a harvest festival tradition "Niinamesai" { "New Taste Fest.}" At this time, the Emperor tastes the new harvest of rice in the darkness of night, in the presence of the True spirits of Japan, his Ancestors the Gods. Sheesh.

But if he does it at night, how's he supposed to know if he can see his shadow or not?

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