少し早いですが、秋からは雨季に入ってしまうので七五三の写真を撮影してきました。シャイな海璃をチョコレートで釣っての思い出深い出来事でした。ローズガーデンで撮って頂いたのですが、途中でどこかの国の観光客の人が入ってきてなにやら怪訝な捨て台詞。フォトグラファー、ライアンと共に目が点。後で気づいたのですが、あれは着物を着ていたから日本人だと思っての嫌がらせ？と分かってしまって悲しくなりました。負の感情は海璃にとっても良くないので、キレイなオーラを発して生活しようと思います。
We had a photo session at the rose garden. My grandma made this kimono when I was born, and I wore it.
Japanese girls at a shrine, dressed up for the Shichi-Go-San festival
Shichi-Go-San (seven-five-three) is a traditional rite of passage and festival day in Japan for three and seven year-old girls and three and five year-old boys, held annually on November 15.
Shichi-Go-San is said to have originated in the Heian Period amongst court nobles who would celebrate the passage of their children into middle childhood. The ages three, five and seven are consistent with Japanese numerology, which dictates that odd numbers are lucky. The practice was set to the fifteenth of the month during the Kamakura Period.
Over time, this tradition passed to the samurai class who added a number of rituals. Children—who up until the age of three were required by custom to have shaven heads—were allowed to grow out their hair. Boys of age five could wear hakama for the first time, while girls of age seven replaced the simple cords they used to tie their kimono with the traditional obi. By the Meiji Period, the practice was adopted amongst commoners as well, and included the modern ritual of visiting a shrine to drive out evil spirits and wish for a long healthy life.
Shichi-Go-San (seven-five-three) is a traditional rite of passage and festival day in Japan for three and seven year-old girls and three and five year-old boys, held annually on November 15.
Shichi-Go-San is said to have originated in the Heian Period amongst court nobles who would celebrate the passage of their children into middle childhood. The ages three, five and seven are consistent with Japanese numerology, which dictates that odd numbers are lucky. The practice was set to the fifteenth of the month during the Kamakura Period.
Over time, this tradition passed to the samurai class who added a number of rituals. Children—who up until the age of three were required by custom to have shaven heads—were allowed to grow out their hair. Boys of age five could wear hakama for the first time, while girls of age seven replaced the simple cords they used to tie their kimono with the traditional obi. By the Meiji Period, the practice was adopted amongst commoners as well, and included the modern ritual of visiting a shrine to drive out evil spirits and wish for a long healthy life.
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Cute girl!! 七五三、おめでとう♪ うちも、夕姫が今年七五三だよ～。やっぱり着物は良いもんだねぇ。
今日は会社でボスとやりあって へこんでいたので、Ｃｕｔｅな写真に癒されました。
元気になりたい時にまたvisitするね♪
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