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	<title>The Japan Times &#187; CHILD&#8217;S PLAY</title>
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		<title>A welcome sign: Tantrums may be on the way out</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Oct 2013 14:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Danielle Demetriou</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every parent is all too familiar with The Tantrum. The screaming, the flailing arms, the angry head butting — and the timing (normally in the most inconvenient public place possible). ]]></description>
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		<title>Get lost in Inokashira Park and find yourself in Ghibli</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Sep 2013 13:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Jenkins</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ghibli Museum]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ah, Kichijoji: my favorite Tokyo neighborhood. Less than 30 minutes from the heart of the city, this hip suburb has everything a downtown dweller would want: good restaurants, good shopping, a thriving music scene and one of the coolest parks in the Kanto region. Indeed, most of my friends who live there tend to stick [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Closely knit friends in Daikanyama</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Sep 2013 14:01:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Danielle Demetriou</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I am sitting at a low wooden table with a group of Japanese mothers discussing the pros and cons of different knitting stitches. In my hands are the embarrassingly uneven beginnings of a turquoise scarf that I am hoping will become the first-ever knitted item among the many I&#8217;ve started that I will actually manage [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A big day out at the sumo</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Aug 2013 14:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Jenkins</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Edo Tokyo Museum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kokugikan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ryogoku]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[They&#8217;re sweaty, they&#8217;re chubby and they love pushing each other around. But enough about the folks at my family reunion, let&#8217;s talk about sumo. This quintessentially Japanese sport is a lot of fun to witness with kids, and the Ryogoku neighborhood surrounding Tokyo&#8217;s Kokugikan sumo stadium has several other places worth visiting, too. Each sumo [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Let your babies get loud at karaoke</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2013/08/06/lifestyle/let-your-babies-get-loud-at-karaoke/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=let-your-babies-get-loud-at-karaoke</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Aug 2013 14:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Danielle Demetriou</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Child care]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s Friday evening in Shibuya. The sun is setting, the neon is flashing and the crowds are swelling. And so with beginning-of-the-weekend fever in the air, it is perhaps little surprise that Madonna is already blaring in one karaoke room on the second floor of a building near the station. It may not yet be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Aquariums offer summer escape</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jul 2013 14:03:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Jenkins</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tokyo aquariums]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This past Monday was Marine Day in Japan. Aside from creating a much-appreciated three-day weekend, the role of the holiday is to encourage people to reflect on the integral role the ocean plays in Japan&#8217;s history. So, what better time to visit an aquarium? Japan has plenty of places to ogle fish, and not just [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bubbles, music and paint as babies learn to create</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2013/07/03/lifestyle/bubbles-music-and-paint-as-babies-learn-to-create/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=bubbles-music-and-paint-as-babies-learn-to-create</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jul 2013 15:05:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Danielle Demetriou</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Child care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tokyo Creators]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[For a moment, I wonder if I&#8217;ve accidentally strayed onto the set of a children&#8217;s TV programme. Center stage are three grown men in matching T-shirts singing at the top of their voices in a Technicolor-bright toy-filled room more dazzling than Joseph&#8217;s dreamcoat. Beneath a sparkly disco ball, one man is strumming a guitar, another [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dragons, mist and bouncy clouds await in west Tokyo</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2013/06/19/lifestyle/dragons-mist-and-bouncy-clouds-await-in-west-tokyo/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=dragons-mist-and-bouncy-clouds-await-in-west-tokyo</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:05:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Jenkins</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[About 45 minutes from Tokyo&#8217;s skyscrapers, resting in the hinterlands of Tachikawa there is a land of mist and dragons. It&#8217;s a place where rolling hills tumble toward an Aztec pyramid, and children bounce on clouds. The place is called Showa Kinen Koen, and an afternoon there is time well spent. Take the train to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s lots of tasty, messy fun when babies bake</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2013/06/05/lifestyle/its-lots-of-tasty-messy-fun-when-babies-bake/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=its-lots-of-tasty-messy-fun-when-babies-bake</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2013/06/05/lifestyle/its-lots-of-tasty-messy-fun-when-babies-bake/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Jun 2013 15:05:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Danielle Demetriou</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[cooking]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The master chefs are hard at work: slicing bananas, whisking a sticky mixture in a bowl, squeezing piped cream across a cake.]]></description>
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		<title>Kids love park life in the summer</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2013/05/15/lifestyle/kids-love-park-life-in-the-summer/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=kids-love-park-life-in-the-summer</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 15:04:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Jenkins</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[At long last, warm weather has arrived, which means more playtime in Tokyo&#8217;s parks &#8212; from your scrappy, local patch of dirt to the manicured opulence of Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden. My family&#8217;s favorite is Yoyogi Park. While not the most pristine public space Japan has to offer, it&#8217;s certainly the liveliest, with performers, partiers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Watching moms get funky can get babies into the groove</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2013/05/01/lifestyle/watching-moms-get-funky-can-get-babies-into-the-groove/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=watching-moms-get-funky-can-get-babies-into-the-groove</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 15:06:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Danielle Demetriou</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Music Together]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[My baby is staring at me in shock. This may be something to do with the fact that I am hopping in a circle on one leg, shaking a ring of jingly bells in each hand and singing nonsensical sounds. This is admittedly not normal behavior for me. But I have a good excuse for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Give the kids a dose of culture and fun at Tokyo Midtown</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2013/04/17/lifestyle/give-the-kids-a-dose-of-culture-and-fun-at-tokyo-midtown/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=give-the-kids-a-dose-of-culture-and-fun-at-tokyo-midtown</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 15:02:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Jenkins</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[21_21 Design Site]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tokyo Midtown]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Since the 1950s, the Roppongi entertainment district has been synonymous with drink, debauchery and the like ... or so people tell me.]]></description>
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		<title>Belly-dancing, the perfect way to tone that post-baby body</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2013/04/03/lifestyle/belly-dancing-the-perfect-way-to-tone-that-post-baby-body/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=belly-dancing-the-perfect-way-to-tone-that-post-baby-body</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Apr 2013 15:01:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Danielle Demetriou</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One is an activity that conjures up images of exotic beauties, swishing silks, aromatic teas and balmy starlit skies. The other involves nursery rhymes, nappy changes and nocturnal awakenings of the most unglamorous variety. &#8220;Belly-dancing&#8221; and &#8220;motherhood&#8221; might at first sight seem as suitable a union as pneumatic drills and sleeping babies. Or so I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>This is one museum where kids will have a blast</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Mar 2013 15:00:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Jenkins</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tokyo Gas Science Museum]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Once a month, it will be my goal to help you and your kids get the most out of Tokyo. This city is full of opportunities to learn and have fun, and I've been seeking out these opportunities ever since my first-born arrived 10 years ago.]]></description>
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		<title>Babies at the cinema need not be a recipe for disaster</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2013/03/06/lifestyle/babies-at-the-cinema-need-not-be-a-recipe-for-disaster/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=babies-at-the-cinema-need-not-be-a-recipe-for-disaster</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Mar 2013 15:00:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Danielle Demetriou</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[children]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[movies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[theaters]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kiko Blossom is sitting in a red velvet cinema seat next to a handsome young man. A box of popcorn lies between them and their eyes widen in anticipation as the opening credits of the latest James Bond movie begin to roll. Such a scene may bring to mind the start of a classic cinema [...]]]></description>
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