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When I got to Japan there was this "Wow! Japan is for me" feeling when I heard they see a rabbit in the moon. Unfortunately, instead of the left-looking rabbit on its haunches that I see, they see a worker bunny looking down.
Q. Many Japanese people have told me that instead of seeing a "man in the moon" in the moon's craters, they see a rabbit. Where exactly is the rabbit?
A. Can you see a rabbit making rice cakes in the image at left? Both Japanese and Chinese people see a rabbit in the moon instead of a smiling face. Not only do they see a rabbit, but they believe it is making mochi (rice cakes). The origin of this idea comes from a play on words. The word mochizuki has a double meaning in Japanese. Although it is written with different kanji, it can sound like either "making ricecakes" or "full moon".
More SAQ(Seldom Asked Questions) at Japanzine.
Q. Many Japanese people have told me that instead of seeing a "man in the moon" in the moon's craters, they see a rabbit. Where exactly is the rabbit?
A. Can you see a rabbit making rice cakes in the image at left? Both Japanese and Chinese people see a rabbit in the moon instead of a smiling face. Not only do they see a rabbit, but they believe it is making mochi (rice cakes). The origin of this idea comes from a play on words. The word mochizuki has a double meaning in Japanese. Although it is written with different kanji, it can sound like either "making ricecakes" or "full moon".
More SAQ(Seldom Asked Questions) at Japanzine.
john wrote:
I've never figured out why the moon always looks the same to me even though it's spinning around.
08 Dec 2006 02:44AM
magdef wrote:
Actually, I'm pretty sure that no matter where you are we still always see the same side of the moon. The moon is rotating as it spins around the earth at exactly the speed which allows it to only show the one face to us at any one point in time, hence: "the dark side of the moon." Either that or I've got my facts wrong and am completely wrong.
30 Jan 2007 10:47AM
Aerin wrote:
Yeah, Mags has got it. That's why you don't want to get stuck on the dark side of the moon, because the sun will never rise there. Oh and it's an airless wasteland. 
13 Apr 2007 03:25PM
joe wrote:
But still... no bunny when I'm in England looking up, and no 'face' when I look up from Japan. Somethings different... Plus 'the dark side of the moon' could mean 'the side of the moon which is dark at the moment' ... but then every single image i just looked at on google was a mochi making bunny 
13 Apr 2007 09:34PM
Robert wrote:
A single day on the moon is about 28 Earth days long, the time it takes to revolve around the Earth. (It does NOT actually rotate on its axis as the Earth does.) As such the moon always has the same side facing the Earth. No side of the moon is always in darkness. When we see a full moon, the far side of the moon is dark. 14 days later when we observe a new moon, the far side of the moon is lit (and facing the sun).
28 Jun 2007 12:40PM
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