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Saturday, November 12, 2011

here comes the sun


Here's a fun fact: Did you know that when you ask Japanese kids "What color is the sun?" they'll answer: red.  It's true.  As one who grew up crunching on cereal and watching Sesame Street, I drew sunny yellow spheres with rays of the same color — or if I was feeling particularly daring — orange but never red.  In Japan, you'll see in drawing after drawing of equally sunny suns always in red.  I don't have an explanation other than that the national flag hinomaru, the gracefully designed Japanese flag, represents the sun as a red circle on the white background.  I also have this photo, taken last spring, which makes the whole idea of representing the sun as red sphere; perfectly logical.

2 comments:

  1. Very beautiful pictures ! Thank you !!! I hope that I can go over there one day, then you help me for my travel in my heart !

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  2. hello ohaiho ciao, you are so cute i'm your follower. i love japan and you are so sweetness. i'm from italy and here the color of sun is pink sayonara

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