Suikawari Boy

by j4p4n - uploaded on October 8, 2020, 9:21 am

Waaaaay back in 2011 (almost a decade ago? where does the time go!) I uploaded an image of a boy doing "suikawari" summer Japanese kids game. I thought it was lonely with no other options, so I finally made this one! The original explanation was like this:



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So I know summer is almost done and gone... this should depict "suikawari" which is like how they play with pinatas in the land of the raising sun. Blindfold someone and then they try to smash the watermelon! Kind of traditional, but a whole lot of fun.

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If you want to see the original doodle for some reason, it's here:

https://openclipart.org/detail/159409/summer-suikawari