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Hatsu-yume: Your First Dream of the New Year (Ep. 2)
FromUncanny Japan - Japanese Folklore, Folktales, Myths and Language
Hatsu-yume: Your First Dream of the New Year (Ep. 2)
FromUncanny Japan - Japanese Folklore, Folktales, Myths and Language
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12 minutes
Released:
Jan 20, 2017
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Podcast episode
Description
Hatsu-yume is the first dream you have in the New Year. In Japan there is a saying: ichi fuji, ni taka, san nasubi. Which means the luckiest dream you can have is of Mt. Fuji, the second luckiest thing to see in a dream is a hawk, and the third is an eggplant. In this podcast I tell you why an eggplant is considered prosperous and also talk about the little known fourth, fifth, and sixth lucky things to dream about to guarantee a happy, healthy, and prosperous New Year. Credits The intro/outro music is a piece by Christiaan Virant (“Yi Gui” from Ting Shuo). The whole album is just gorgeous as it everything else by FM3. Uncanny Japan is author Thersa Matsuura. Her other show is The Soothing Stories Podcast. Check out her books including The Carp-Faced Boy on Amazon. If you'd like to help support the podcast and have a bedtime story read to you monthly, please visit Patreon.
Released:
Jan 20, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode
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