Celebrate Children’s Day

 

Long Golden Week Holidays is over,

 

May 5th was Children’s Day or Boy’s Festival.

 

Toward this Chidren’s Day, swimming carp-shaped streamers

called “koi-no-bori” in the sky are seen throughout the town.

Families especially with boys raise this streamers outside the house,

wishing their healthy growth in the family.

 

Black carp is father,

red carp is mother,

and blue carp is child.

 

5月5日はこどもの日、端午の節句でした。

街中には鯉のぼりがいっぱい。

 

 

On that day, my family and relateives gathered to celebrated

children’s happiness and respected their personalities.

 

我が家も親戚で集まって子供の日のお祝いをしました。

 

 

 

Ornamental helmets called “Kabuto”, or samurai dolls are displayed at home,

because they are believed to be symbols of strength and vitality,

 

強さや生命力の象徴の兜や五月人形を飾ります

 

 

 

We had a pretty cake with small samurai doll and

traditional foods such as “kasiwa-mochi”, mochi rice cakes wrapped in oak leaves.

 

鯉のぼりのケーキや柏餅を食べたり、

 

 

 

Children took a hot bath with a medical herb.

 

 

Taking a sweet-flag-bath on May 5th is a Japanese traditional custom,

being believed that evil spirits can be driven away.

 

邪気を払うとされている菖蒲湯（しょうぶゆ）に入ったりしました。

 

 

 

By the way, on April 20th 2017, the new complex ” GINZA SIX” was opened.

It is the largest commecial complex including shops and restaurants in Ginza area.

 

Source:https://ja.wikipedia.org

 

There are sill too many people in line just to enter into the building.

I will try maybe next time again.

 

ところで4月20日に銀座にオープンしたGINZA SIX

行こうとしましたがあまりにすごい人だったのでまた今度トライしたいと思います。

 

Have a nice day.

 

 

09/05/2017