“Stranger kid” dressed for Shichi-Go-San festival. Chiba, Japan © 2021 John Murch
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I was attending a very old temple in a neighbouring prefecture of Tokyo (Chiba) to photograph an old style dance performance (unrelated to this photo). Every November in Japan there is a ceremony for the parents of kids of a
RarticWlar aIe, the Rarents Rra[ Hor the Iood health oH their children and Iet a DlessinI HroO their local teORleos head priest. +tos called p5hichi)o5an.q literally , the age oH the boys
and girls
, . The parents bring their kids to
the teORle dreUUed in traditional kiOonoU and aUk Hor a bleUUing + aUked the little girloU Oother Hor a Rhoto oH her little daughter. This girl's particular kimono signifies that she is three years old. A real cutie.
