Children are the primary beneficiaries of the festivities and take part in a number of activities, such as decorating hard-boiled eggs.

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Breakfast is always the same: some cold smoked fish, hard-boiled eggs, pungent natto (fermented tofu) and other leftovers from the night before.

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Rather than baskets, children once left out their straw-filled caps and bonnets to be filled with colored, hard-boiled eggs by the Easter Hare.

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The men, filthy from scavenging for belongings in the ruins, sit for a smoke and a chat, while the women prepare miso soup with vegetables, hard-boiled eggs and seaweed for dinner.

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For children, at least in our family, the main event wasn't the service, or snacking on the symbolic bitter herbs, hard-boiled eggs or sweet charoset (a paste made from apples and nuts), or even dinner.

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