quoted 5 lines From: hwalsh@soggey.ilo.dec.com>> From: hwalsh@soggey.ilo.dec.com
>> Date: Thu, 25 Jul 96 13:14:37 +0100
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>> If you look at a full moon, the shadows that make up the 'Man in the Moon'
>> also make up a Rabbit (In the northern hemisphere anyway ).
This view is very popular in Japan. Because of this, it used to be
believed that rabbit(s) live in the moon. This is Japanese folklore,
rather than Buddhism or eastern philosophy.
MIURA Masahiro [mmiura@ap.ilab.toshiba.co.jp]