Japanese bag of rice birth announcements

Published: January 16, 2008, 9:02 am

Tags: babies, birth announcements, birthannouncements, dakigokochi, japan, japanese food, japanesefood, newborns, rice

Filed under: Grains, Far East, Hacking Food, Food OdditiesFor some reason these bouncing baby bags of rice make Western style birth announcements seem a tad impersonal. Talk about bundles of joy. These dakigokochi, or baby-shaped bags of rice personalized with a picture of their respective newborns, weigh just as much as the infants whose arrival the text announces. Dakigokochi are far from being an age-old Japanese tradition. They were, ahem, conceived by Naruo Ono and his wife, Yukiko, who own the Yoshimiya rice shop in Kita-Kyushu. The popularity of the pair's wedding favor - a packet of rice, adorned with a picture of the happy couple - inspired them to create the unusual birth announcement. Even though their own son, Sota, is now four months old, the Onos haven't had a chance to send out their own dakigokochi. Guess they've been too busy fulfilling orders for other proud parents. [via Boing Boing]Read Permalink Email this Comments

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