tradition and friendship

The Japanese tradition of the 1000-crane tree has been re-invented here. Alison told me that, traditionally, a bride-to-be folds 1000 origami cranes as a display of patience and devotion. Although Japanese, this self-proclaimed "modern bride," had no time for such a thing, so instead she sent little papers all over the country and asked her friends to fold them into cranes. She later put them all together into a gorgeous golden tree.