annual festivals
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shichi-go-san 七五三
"7-5-3" = festival for 3, 5 and 7 years old children - November 15th

Annual event to pray for children´s health and happiness is the shichi-go-san (children's shrine-visiting day) throughout Japan. Parents take their sons - three or five years old - and their daughters - three or seven years old - in kimono, suits or dresses to the Shintô shrines to express their thanks to the deities for their good health  and to pray for future blessing.The most popular shrines in Toykô for this festival are the Meiji-jingû, Hie-jinja and Kanda-myôjin. Many children and their parents usually visit the shrines on weekend around November 15th.


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little girl in Sannô-Hie-jinja shrine - Tôkyô City
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Totsuka-hachiman-gû shrine - Totsuka / Tôkaidô
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little boy in Kanda-myôjin shrine - Tôkyô
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little girl in Sannô-Hie-jinja - Tôkyô  (2)
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little girl in Sannô-Hie-jinja - Tôkyô  (3)
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little girl in Sannô-Hie-jinja - Tôkyô  (4)
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little girl in Meiji-jingû shrine - Tôkyô
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Kanda-myôjin shrine - omikuchi and 7-5-3 poster
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