Posts Tagged ‘shichi-go-san’
Chitose Ame, Thousand Year Sweets
Very shortly it will be shichi-go-san in Japan and chitose-ame are already in the shops for the occasion. Chitose-Ame is a candy stick that comes in two colours – red and white. The name Chitose means 1000 years old and symbolises the long life that parents pray for [Read More]
Rites of Passage
In Japan, the festival known as shichi-go-san is held annually on November 15. It celebrates three and seven year old girls and five year old boys. These numbers are seen traditionally to be lucky numbers and it is a practise that has continued since the Heian Period [Read More]