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So that's what a banana flower looks like. Wow! My only attempt at reading a book in Japanese was a collection of short stories or essays by Yoshimoto Banana. In the first story she explains how she chose the name Banana: she was a hostess in a bar, saw a flower arrangement with a banana flower in it, and was extremely impressed. I am ashamed to say that I gave up reading at this point (my Japanese is not so good), so I don't even know how the story ends, but the description of the banana flower stayed with me. Now I understand why she was so awed.
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