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My chinese name is Yin Ling and baby Minori's unofficial middle name is Yen. Both Yin and Yen mean swallow (as in the bird) in chinese. The same swallows that migrate to Malaysia in winter to escape the cold return to Japan when the weather begins to warm up. Like the swallows here, together with daddy, we make our trips between the two countries. Isn't it nice to have two places we can call home?

Monday, July 17, 2006

Jinbeis are cool!

Minori cools off with a sippy cup of water and in her "jinbei" that someone (a boy, as you may be able to guess from the macho blue shade) handed down to her. A jinbei is a traditional Japanese summer outfit made of thin gauzy cotton fabric. The baby's version is typically a body suit worn by both boys and girls. The little girls' version and adult version, usually worn by men, is a top and shorts combo. The adult women version of the jinbei is the yukata (also known as the summer kimono). Minori looks so Minoru (male version of the name Minori) in this photo but she's happy!

2 Comments:

At 12:28 AM, July 19, 2006, Anonymous Anonymous said...

I thought I've seen little "yukata's" for little girls sold at shopping malls in Summer last year while I was in Japan?

 
At 10:41 PM, July 23, 2006, Blogger mom.diaries said...

yes, little girls have the option of the yukata or jimbei.

 

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