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Tokyo, Japan
- Memories of places I had been
Girl in Kimono at Meiji Shrine (明治神宮/Meiji Jinguu) on 7-5-3- festival (七五三祭/Shichi-Go-San Matsuri)
Boys who are 3 and 5 years old, and girls who are 3 and 7 years old, are taken to a Shinto Shrine, often in their first kimono, and parents pray for their continuing good health and prosperity. The numbers, especially 3 and 7 are lucky numbers in Japan, and until the 20th century Japan was a thoroughly feudal nation with a higher childhood mortality rate. Since bacterial pathology was then unknown to them they often blamed death on evil spirits, and when the kids became 3,5 and 7 years old they thanked God for their children’s good health. A sweet candy called chitose-ame is also often bought for them, in a bag with cranes and turtles, 2 more symbols of long life.
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