Rice Bag Babies Go Against the Grain


	Rice Bag Babies Go Against the Grain

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6-10-2008 10:39 AM

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6-10-2008 2:04 PM

tanyamm

That's a cute idea.

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/059816ea-9d31-4ffd-99fc-8286cbdab74c/D71C9188-1228-4294-B26C-F0CA977D25C4/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://inventorspot.com/articles/rice_bag_babies_go_against_grain_14366" href="http://inventorspot.com/articles/rice_bag_babies_go_against_grain_14366" style="font-size: 11px;">inventorspot.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://inventorspot.com/articles/rice_bag_babies_go_against_grain_14366"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/inventorspot.com/img/18AD8F9D-6F6F-49C7-9E41-14E900EFC659" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://inventorspot.com/articles/rice_bag_babies_go_against_grain_14366"> One famous tradition when celebrating the birth of a <A href="#" class="kLink"  id="KonaLink0"><FONT color="blue"><SPAN class="kLink">new </SPAN><SPAN class="kLink">baby</SPAN></FONT></A> calls for the handing out of cigars. Things are different in Japan...</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://inventorspot.com/articles/rice_bag_babies_go_against_grain_14366"><P>Basically what's involved here is, you place your order online with Yoshimaya. Do it just after your child is born, because you'll need to know the birth weight and date of birth. </P><P><DIV>As well, you'll need to send them a photo of the <A href="#" class="kLink"  id="KonaLink3"><FONT color="blue"><SPAN class="kLink">newborn's</SPAN></FONT></A> face which goes on the outside of the bag of rice. Then select other custom details such as trim color, an image of a stork or some other cute creature, how many Rice Bag <A href="#" class="kLink"  id="KonaLink4"><FONT color="blue"><SPAN class="kLink">Babies</SPAN></FONT></A> you'd like, and so on.</DIV></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://inventorspot.com/articles/rice_bag_babies_go_against_grain_14366"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/inventorspot.com/img/3B183BFB-503A-4A28-9458-A706789B1925" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://inventorspot.com/articles/rice_bag_babies_go_against_grain_14366">The so-called <B>"dakigokochi"</B> end up looking oddly like miniature Egyptian mummy sarcophagi</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://inventorspot.com/articles/rice_bag_babies_go_against_grain_14366"><P>The cost of each dakigokochi rice bag <A href="#" class="kLink"  id="KonaLink5"><FONT color="blue"><SPAN class="kLink">baby</SPAN></FONT></A> starts at 3500 yen ($32 or EUR 22) plus shipping. 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