Yurie's picture of Fumie

Yurie wanted to take a picture so I gave her the camera. This is what she took.

Yurie watching TV

I have a cool feature on my new phone that will send a photo directly to my blog. Hopefully this means I will be able to update it more frequently.

Shichi-Go-San

Shichi-Go-San means seven-five-three is a traditional rite of passage and festival day in Japan for three and seven year-old girls and three and five year-old boys, held annually on November 15. We did it a bit earlier while Fumie was in Japan on business.



Shichi-Go-San celebrates the passage of their children into middle childhood and girls who are aged three or seven are dressed in kimono - many for the first time - for visits to shrines.

The bag contains traditional shichi-go-san candy called chitose-ame which means "thousand-year candy" and represents long life.

This is Yurie with her grandmother and auntie.

Of course, being a little girl, she also likes her usual stuff best.

Sports Day

Yurie's sports day at school was held last Saturday. She participated in a race as well as a dance routine in which she played a raindrop.

She's the one on the left and she managed to come in third!