Comments on: Koinobori – Japanese Carp Streamers

By: Koinobori

Koinobori — Fri, 14 May 2010 05:39:27 +0000

[...] a bit late to mention Children’s Day (May 5) but the carp streamers (koinobori) are up until June 5 so it’s not that late. They put these up so that sons would grow up healthy and strong, from [...]

By: Curt in Gilroy

Curt in Gilroy — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 19:07:19 +0000

Thanks for the information! When my son was born, now 23, we received ours from relatives in Japan. We flew them outside our home and it was quite impressive. Thanks for bringing back the memories of having a young son and standing next to the koinobori. I have a similar photo :-) Enjoy every second. He will grow up fast!

By: dwight

dwight — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 10:12:18 +0000

Thomas,

Koinobori looks awesome! Are you in Japan? If so are there any websites that you know of that sell all components of the Koinobori

I live in Hawaii and am having a hard time finding the streamer by itself. I can find a few places that sell nylon carp but not the streamer.

thanks
dwight in Hawaii

By: Ramsay Ramblings 5/6/2008 « LongCountdown.com

Ramsay Ramblings 5/6/2008 « LongCountdown.com — Tue, 06 May 2008 14:02:05 +0000

[...] and I have a little boy, and this year was his first Children’s Day. Thomas wrote all about Koinobori, Japanese Carp Streamers, so I’ll skip the detail and get to the [...]

By: peter

peter — Tue, 06 May 2008 05:56:15 +0000

@thomas: Yes, it was for Japanese Children’s Day. It was not any official holiday in any sense, but something we did in school. Hawaii was easily the most multi-cultural place I’d ever lived.

By: thomas

thomas — Tue, 06 May 2008 05:38:09 +0000

@Shane: I didn’t know they’d be so expensive either. Noah’s maternal grandparents footed the bill for us though :) Thanks for your well-wishes!

@Peter: You made carp streamers for Japanese Children’s Day? Or is there some American Children’s Day that I’m not aware of?

@Nick Ramsay: The first one we got actually cost about 200 yen at the supermarket :). But then the grandparents offered to get us a more special one.

@billywest: Will do!

By: billywest

billywest — Mon, 05 May 2008 18:04:15 +0000

Fly ‘em high and proud, baby!

By: Nick Ramsay

Nick Ramsay — Mon, 05 May 2008 16:36:23 +0000

Boy do I feel like a cheapskate! Ours only cost 2,000 yen! Actually, the awful weather today has probably blown it away… better go check…

By: Peter

Peter — Mon, 05 May 2008 16:19:44 +0000

When I lived in Hawaii as a child, we would make carp streamers out of construction paper and yarn for Children’s Day. It was interesting how many Japanese customs we studied in Hawaii, although now that I think about it a large number of my teachers there were Japanese.

By: Shane

Shane — Mon, 05 May 2008 11:39:16 +0000

I love seeing koinobori around Japan but had no idea that they cost so much! I’m glad to hear that your son is enjoying it – that alone makes the money worth it.

As the tradition of the day goes may your son have good health and be strong and successful.