Shichi-Go-San

November 15th is the day of the Seven-five-three festival in Japan. This is a traditional Japanese event to celebrate children's growth and pray for their future health and well-being. This traditional passed to the samurai class who added a number of rituals. Seven,five, or three year-old children are beautifully dressed in traditional Japanese kimono and taken to a shrine. http://www.inage-sengenjinja.or.jp/index.html

I would like to explain why "Seven-five-three ".

Children who up until the age of three were required by custom to have shave heads were allowed to grow out their hair.

Boys of age five could wear hakama for the first time.

Girls of age seven replaced the simple cords they used to tie their kimono with the traditional obi.

KURI-GOHAN

October is the season for harvesting rice. Steamed rice alone tasts delicious. However, a popular and even more delicious autumn rice dish includes add seasonal ingredients such as chestnuts to the rice. This is KURI-GOAN. (Rice cooked with chestnuts.)

I cooked KURI-GOHAN last Sunday. It was very derisious.

Rice: 2 cups

Chestnuts:300mg

Sake:30cc

Soy sauce: 5cc

Mirin:7.5cc

Solt: a little

Water:440ml

Could you try to cook!

Nagano Shinkansen

I went to Sakudaira by Nagano Shinkansen. This train is named "Asama". It takes about 1 hour and half from Tokyo to Sakudaira. Asama ran at a maximum speed of 260km/h. Asama ride very well.

I have an old cottege in Takeshina-kogen. I got off the Sakudaira station and rend a car. And then I drove to spend a few days at my old cottege.

I visited to a farm and a waterfall named Otome-daki (means maiden waterfall).

Hello

I'd like to introduce Japanese culture or custom from now on. But I'm not at English. If you could not understand my writing, please let me know.