Some of you outside of Japan may be thinking "so, Rob.... what's this weird image with rabbits on the moon that I received as a New Years card?" I'm glad you asked!
Sending New Years cards is a part of Japanese culture; if you want more details, click here. The short version is that it's common for the card to have an image of the animal from the current year's Chinese zodiac sign, and 2011 is a rabbit year. One other culture connection is that in East Asia the perceived image of the surface of the moon is not a human face, it's a rabbit. Also, Nozomi and I both liked the retro, quirky design of the image (I'm retro and we're both quirky...)
So, once more: Happy 2011 (that's "twenty eleven"!)
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