Intersections
OCTOBER 25,
2005
Altering
History
OCTOBER 27,
2005
Awesome
Tsukiji
OCTOBER 28,
2005
Shichi-Go-San
NOVEMBER 1,
2005
Takayama
Streetscapes
NOVEMBER 1,
2005
Word
From Takayama
NOVEMBER 2,
2005
A
Return to the (Rural) Past
NOVEMBER 2,
2005
Hiroshima
2005
NOVEMBER 6,
2005
"Charming
Kitty" Debuts
NOVEMBER 5,
2005
Scrapbook
Images
NOVEMBER 6,
2005
Field Notes: Japan 2005
SHICHI-GO-SAN
During the month of November proud parents (often accompanied by proud grandparents) bring three, five and seven year old children to various local Shinto shrines throughout Japan to receive a special blessing from the local priests.
Since the kids are usually dressed to the nines in a wide variety of fancy dress costumes, the excursions make for a photographer's dream -- as the following snapshots amply illustrate!
- NOVEMBER 26, 2005
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