There are no Fairies in Japan

Last week in English class we were talking about superstitions in Japan.  I learned that when a top tooth falls out, it is good luck to throw the tooth down and when a bottom tooth falls out it is good luck to throw the tooth up.  One student told me that he threw his bottom teeth on top of the roof.  Now I won’t be able to look at roofs here without wondering if there are teeth up there.

I tried to tell them about the US custom of leaving teeth under the pillow for the tooth fairy.  I couldn’t explain what a fairy is.  Disney is popular here so I thought they might know about Peter Pan and the fairy Tinker Bell, but they never heard of Tinker Bell.  I guess there are no fairies in Japan.

 

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