The Advertiser's story on Shichi-Go-San, the Japanese tradition of dressing up the kids in fancy kimono, caught my eye. As a Hawai'i-born Japanese guy, I have *never* done this. Nobody in my family does it, either. But I thought it was interesting that all the kids and parents interviewed in the article appeared to be from hapa marriages. I wonder if the fact that the kids aren't 100% Japanese gives the parents more of an urge to involve them in traditional Japanese things like this?
Edit: Oh, and in case you non-Japanese-speakers were wondering, "shichi-go-san" literally translates as "seven-five-three", the ages of the kids that do this.
Edit: Oh, and in case you non-Japanese-speakers were wondering, "shichi-go-san" literally translates as "seven-five-three", the ages of the kids that do this.
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