http://whatjapanthinks.com/2006/06/20/popular-japanese-folklore-and-superstitions/ From kimono to keitai; research Japanese facts and figures through translated opinion polls and surveys. Thu, 10 Apr 2014 22:29:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.2 http://whatjapanthinks.com/2006/06/20/popular-japanese-folklore-and-superstitions/comment-page-1/#comment-249703 Wed, 18 Jan 2012 12:59:23 +0000 http://whatjapanthinks.com/?p=298#comment-249703 [...] Back in 2006, a survey asked nearly 5,000 Japanese to tell them “tell me the superstition that you can’t help [...]

]]> http://whatjapanthinks.com/2006/06/20/popular-japanese-folklore-and-superstitions/comment-page-1/#comment-249578 Fri, 30 Dec 2011 12:25:27 +0000 http://whatjapanthinks.com/?p=298#comment-249578 For the eel and plum thing, I watched an episode on that in the Kuroshitsuji anime Season 2 (episode 4). I think it was said that eating eel and plum can give you really bad abdominal pains =/

]]> http://whatjapanthinks.com/2006/06/20/popular-japanese-folklore-and-superstitions/comment-page-1/#comment-244352 Tue, 22 Mar 2011 02:01:03 +0000 http://whatjapanthinks.com/?p=298#comment-244352 For anyone else going trough old posts like this, I’ve always heard the one about cutting your nails at night as YOU dying, not your parents.

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