A "yakudoshi," in Japanese culture, is basically a bad-luck year in a person's life. There are actually three, but for each gender, there is one year that is supposed to be particularly bad. For women, it's their 33rd year. If you go by the lunar calendar (which apparently considers you a year old on the day of your birth), it starts on your 32nd birthday. That's the traditional version. But since I was raised with the Western style calendar, I thought it was going to be my 33rd -- this year. I'm not particularly a superstitious person, but seeing how a friend of mine went through a real streak of bad luck during her 33rd year -- I guess I wasn't that surprised when I had my own unlucky streak starting from around my birthday.
My mother took me to a Shinto shrine in Nuuanu, where she used to go with my (paternal) grandparents every New Year's, and we picked up this "omamori" or good luck charm for my yakudoshi.
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- 3DCranes is the name of my online shop at Etsy.com, which is a site dedicated to all things handmade! My company name was formerly Millenium Tsuru, based in Pearl City, Hawaii. I've made the official change to 3D Cranes and am now located in Fort Benning, Georgia. Everything I make is based on the origami crane (tsuru). Leis, flowers, bridal bouqets, framed art, and, of course, the Hawaii tradition of 1001 origami cranes for weddings. My version is a little different, though, because I prefer to work in 3-d, rather than the traditional, 2-dimensional images normally created.
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