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UUGGGHHHHH!

I CAN NOT FIND UMEBOSHI.

& I'M REALLY SKEPTICAL ABOUT BUYING FOOD ONLINE.
GROSS, I DON'T THINK I EVER WILL.

SHICHI-GO-SAN [SEVEN-FIVE-THREE],
& KINRO KANSHA NO HI [LABOR THANKSGIVING DAY] ARE COMING.

& I WANT TO MAKE A SHRINE THIS YEAR.

MAYBE JUST A SMALL MATCHBOX SHRINE ...


HMMM ... OH! I JUST THOUGHT OF SOMETHING.

I PROMISE I'M NOT A JAPANOPHILE.

CONFUSED? THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING ...
I KNOW I LOOK SO WHITE. I LOOK LIKE MY DAD.

I AM A MUT LIKE ANYONE ELSE.

MY GRANDMOTHER WAS JAPANESE.
I AM NOT JAPANESE THOUGH.
I AM KOREAN. [& NATIVE AMERICAN & IRISH ON DADDY'S SIDE]

MY MOTHER WAS ADOPTED
BY MY ENGLISH GRANDFATHER
& JAPANESE GRANDMOTHER.

SO I KNOW ABOUT JAPANESE & KOREAN CULTURE.
BUT I KNOW MORE ABOUT JAPANESE, THAN KOREAN CULTURE.

OK, NOW I FEEL ALL CREATIVE.

I HAVE IDLE HANDS & I NEED TO GO MAKE SOMETHING.