Wallpapers Wednesday : Learning About Japanese Festivities
Some delightfully adorable Japanese festivities-themed wallpapers from the drumming game series Taiko no Tatsujin from Namco. I initially thought the pictures were random illustrations of traditional Japanese cultural icons until I read Danny Choo’s post about Hanami on Monday - apparently the pink flowers on the April 2008 calendar wallpaper symbolize the annual custom of admiring the cherry blossoms (sakura) that bloom from late March to early April - who says you don’t learn anything useful while collecting art or wallpapers (or reading blogs for that matter 
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Below are all the calendar wallpapers starting from the first one issued in Aug 2007. I’ll try to identify the festival or holiday represented in each with assistance from Wikipedia.
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Aug 2007 - Wasshoi Hyakuman Matsuri perhaps?
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Sep 2007 - Start of Autumn?
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Oct 2007 - Health and Sports Day - Yes, it’s a public holiday - I think it’s a great idea to implement something similiar in Singapore 
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Nov 2007 - Culture Day?
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Dec 2007 - Christmas!
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Jan 2008 - Eating sticky mochi during Japanese New Year.
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Feb 2008 - End of winter? Or maybe the Sapporo Snow Festival?
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Mar 2008 - Japanese Doll Festival / Girls’ Day known as Hinamatsuri.
Hopefully, we’ll get to see the paper carp steamers that characterize Kodomo no Hi or Children’s Day for May’s wallpaper.
Below are the direct links for the Aug 2007 to Oct 2007 wallpapers since the links have been taken off the site.
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Sep 2007
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Oct 2007
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Download the other wallpapers via the official Taiko no Tatsujin site.
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