Inside+a+Japanese+home

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We learned that Japanese people traditionally sleep on a ふとん -//futon// – a thick quilt which is folded up and put away every morning.
 * [[image:stfrancisdesalescollege-japaneser-2/tataki4.JPG width="229" height="303" caption="Tess thought it was a magic wand."]] || [[image:stfrancisdesalescollege-japaneser-2/tataki2.JPG width="229" height="303" caption="Simone thought it was a bubble blower."]] ||
 * [[image:stfrancisdesalescollege-japaneser-2/tataki3.JPG width="229" height="303" caption="Caitlin thought it was a dream catcher."]] || [[image:stfrancisdesalescollege-japaneser-2/tataki1.JPG width="229" height="303" caption="Lucas thought it was a fly whacker."]] ||
 * [[image:stfrancisdesalescollege-japaneser-2/tataki5.JPG width="229" height="303"]] || [[image:stfrancisdesalescollege-japaneser-2/futon2.JPG width="224" height="311"]] ||
 * [[image:stfrancisdesalescollege-japaneser-2/tataki5.JPG width="229" height="303"]] || [[image:stfrancisdesalescollege-japaneser-2/futon2.JPG width="224" height="311"]] ||

Our Mystery Object is a ふとんたたき -futon tataki. Every week we hang our futon over the balcony and beat out the dust with a futon tataki.

We had a lot of fun making mini futon and mini futon tataki !


 * [[image:stfrancisdesalescollege-japaneser-2/futon5.JPG width="320" height="240"]] || [[image:stfrancisdesalescollege-japaneser-2/futon4.JPG width="244" height="326"]] || [[image:stfrancisdesalescollege-japaneser-2/futon6.JPG width="233" height="334"]] ||
 * [[image:stfrancisdesalescollege-japaneser-2/futon3.JPG width="320" height="240"]] || [[image:stfrancisdesalescollege-japaneser-2/futon1.JPG width="320" height="240"]] ||  ||

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