All dressed up for the festival
November 15th is Shichi-go-san, Children's Shrine-Visiting Day. "Shichi-go-san" literally means "seven-five-three", and on this day three-year-old boys & girls, five-year-old boys and seven-year-old girls, all dressed to the nines, are taken to shrines by their parents to express their thanks to the tutelary deities for their good health and to pray for future blessings.
