Japan, Florida of the World
Weirdos.
Brand-new Japanese parents receiving a gift are then customarily obligated to give a lesser one in return.
The Yoshimiya rice shop in Fukuoka recently created the ideal return gift: small bags of rice of the exact weight of the newborn, printed with its face and name, so that original gift-givers (relatives, friends) can experience cuddling “the baby.”
Then, of course, according to Yoshimiya’s owner, they can break open the bag and eat the rice, though he admitted some people have a problem with that.
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They used to have this same tradition in SoCal. You would give each of the guests a bag of rice that weighed the same as the bride.
However, since the horrible rice shortages caused by PJM’s wedding, this practice is no longer legal.
Rice Rice Baby
hey can break open the bag and eat the rice, though he admitted some people have a problem with that.
Perhaps they should use Ziploc bags instead.
What if you want brown rice?
RACIST!!!
Ooooooh! Wild Rice!
RICIST!!!
Condoleezza.
Young Asian kids sometimes get head rice.
Japanese reggae singer?
Ricestafarian.
Leg Lamp
Donna
I love the banner pic.
Fried lice vely good!