Easy Japanese News Translated: Shizuoka Prefectural Shrine Prepares for Shichi-go-san Ritual

On October 2, before Shichi-go-san, which celebrates children’s development, Chitose am the candies were filled into bags at the Mishima Taisha Shrine in Mishima City, Shizuoka Prefecture. About 40 people, including priestesses, packed sweets into about 6,000 bags with cranes and turtles drawn on them. Mishima Taisha is affiliated with Minamoto no Yoritomo, the founder of the Kamakura shogunate. This year, “Yoritomo candies” with Yoritomo’s image were created for the first time.

Note: Shichi-go-san, literally “seven, five, three”, is a rite of passage for typically 3- and 7-year-old girls and 3- and 5-year-old boys. Families often visit the sanctuary and children are treated Chitose amor “1000-year-old candies”.

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