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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Stork, post: 2607946, member: 71642&quot;][USER=73190]@Garlicus[/USER] -- it does look like the carp flag (koinobori ?sp)&nbsp; that can be seen on Boy&#039;s Day.&nbsp; Well, now it&#039;s Children&#039;s Day, but the carps were traditionally for the boys.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Typically there&#039;s multiple carp though, the largest at the top for the father and a smaller carp flown below for each boy child, so I&#039;m not entirely sure that&#039;s what the one on the medal is for.&nbsp; Supposedly the mother/girls are now included on the flags too according to Wiki, but that&#039;s not what I was told when we lived there.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I do need to get to work on figuring this one out.&nbsp; There are a couple Japanese ladies I see at the local YMCA and I&#039;m about to just take it with me and ask one of them <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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