My friends have a little reward system for their kids: Jōmon points. The kids receive little slips of paper with a stamps on them, and they can exchange those for Japanese Yen to buy whatever they want.
It was loosely decided at the beginning of 2026 that I would have my own point system for the kids when they speak English or do an English-language activity. Nikki declared it would be a “Lou-Lou Dollar” and, naturally, I overdid it.
I made a 1 Dollar bill, with these little details that only matter to me, bits of nonsense that exist only to satisfy the aesthetic. But I couldn’t stop at One. So I made a Two. Please note while the One has a ginkgo leaf and is from the Tokyo series, the Two has a sakura and is from the Osaka series. Because.
And then a Five, of course, which has a maple leaf from the Nagoya series.
I recognize this is completely out of hand. However, the Ten has a chrysanthemum from the Kyoto series.
I used LTR Federal, Ohno Fatface, Swear, and HEX Franklin. Because if I’m gonna do it, I’m gonna do it right, and those are what made it all feel right.
Oh, and the red kanji stamp in the corners is a counterfeit-prevention mechanism, should the kids discover this page on my website and get the dumb idea of thinking they can just print their own money.
