Boys Day yay!

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For the last couple years, Tokyo Dizzyland has issued a Stitch-themed Boys Day knick-knack, and this year's model is awfully cute. Unfortunately, we don't know as much about Kodomo no hi as we do Hinamatsuri, due to there being no dollies involved.





But, we like boys too (in fact we married a boy, which has worked out well), so in the interest of equal time, we'll try to relate some Boys Day babble.



Mickey, in traditional dress, is riding a carp. Usually, Japanese families would put out a little figure of Kintarou riding a carp. They also put out samurai helmets, which is kind of awesome.



Here's an image of Kintarou avec carp we found on The Google. Kintarou is kind of a general folk hero, very useful for fighting monsters and demons, if you've got some bugging you.



It looks like Stitch has hitched a ride. Boys Day isn't until May, by the way, but this little ceramic has been sitting out on the table for a while, so we decided to snap some photos.