For Children
¡ñOmiya mairi(Visiting shrine)
A baby visits a shrine near the house after about 30 days from birth. As for the boy, it is generally assumed that the 31 or 32nd day is good and as for girl 32 on 33. But it is depend on districts.
The baby wears an IWAIGI that is a kimono for celebration. The grandmothers and the mother wear Kimono with family heraldry as formal dress. Boys wear kimono of habutae silk crested with design of a hawk or a crane. This design is for celebration. Girls wear Kimono of CHIRIMEN(cr¨ºpe) with flower pattern or printed silk pattern.
The parents lend a Kimono recently, and a baby dress with a cape is popular. The parents and grand parents wear a suit or a dress and a plain garment Kimono with a family crest on its back or and fine pattern KOMON or HOOMONGI.
¡ñShichi-Go-San
Boys of age five could wear hakama for the first time, while girls of age seven replaced the simple cords they used to tie their kimono with the traditional obi
The tradition has changed little since the Meiji Period. While the ritual regarding hair has been discarded, boys who are aged three or five and girls who are aged three or seven are still dressed in kimono - many for the first time - for visits to shrines. Three-year-old girls usually wear hifu (a type of padded vest) with their kimono. Western-style formal wear is also worn by some children.
A baby visits a shrine near the house after about 30 days from birth. As for the boy, it is generally assumed that the 31 or 32nd day is good and as for girl 32 on 33. But it is depend on districts.
The baby wears an IWAIGI that is a kimono for celebration. The grandmothers and the mother wear Kimono with family heraldry as formal dress. Boys wear kimono of habutae silk crested with design of a hawk or a crane. This design is for celebration. Girls wear Kimono of CHIRIMEN(cr¨ºpe) with flower pattern or printed silk pattern.
The parents lend a Kimono recently, and a baby dress with a cape is popular. The parents and grand parents wear a suit or a dress and a plain garment Kimono with a family crest on its back or and fine pattern KOMON or HOOMONGI.
¡ñShichi-Go-San
Boys of age five could wear hakama for the first time, while girls of age seven replaced the simple cords they used to tie their kimono with the traditional obi
The tradition has changed little since the Meiji Period. While the ritual regarding hair has been discarded, boys who are aged three or five and girls who are aged three or seven are still dressed in kimono - many for the first time - for visits to shrines. Three-year-old girls usually wear hifu (a type of padded vest) with their kimono. Western-style formal wear is also worn by some children.
Kimono is a beautiful Japanese costume. Nowaday Japanese people wear it only for ceremonial ocasions such as weddings, universaity graduation ceremonies,tea ceremonies, parties, and funerals though it used to be everyday dress.
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