Shichi-Go-San 七五三 / The Traditional Japanese Celebration for Kids

Hey guys! I'm Souta. I'm Yuta. And today we'll be celebrating Rota's Shichigo-san! Yeah! Shichigo-san is a Japanese traditional event to celebrate the healthy growth of children. 3-year-old boys and girls, 5-year-old boys, and 7-year-old girls. We will tell you the details about Shichigo-san later, but now Rota has to get dressed. Yeah, so let's go in the studio! Yeah! Well, technically Rota's 6 years old, and Shichigo-san is only for 7-year-olds, 5-year-olds, and 3-year-olds. Well, Rota was supposed to do it last year, but he couldn't do it because of COVID, so we're doing it this year. Yeah! In Japan, you can take commemorative photos in these kinds of studios, and many studios like this provide special clothes like kimono for kids for when they go to shrines and stuff to pray. Yeah! Look, these are all the kimono and hakama for children that the studio provides for them. Look, there are so many types! Yeah, they're so cool! Yeah! Rota's getting dressed behind that curtain, and I can't wait for Rota to come out with his cool hakama. I think Rota's ready, so yeah. Rota! Come out! Whoa! You look great! Don't I look great? Yeah, you look great. You look so Japanese-y. Yeah. We took commemorative photos in the studio afterwards. Many families take special commemorative photos on these kinds of events or celebrations. We will show you the photo shoots and the finished photos at the end of the video. Now, we're going to go to the shrine for the prayer visit. Now, let's go! Let's go! Come on, Rota. You look great! Yeah, we made it! Yes! We made it to the shrine for the prayer visit. Yeah! Today, we're having a professional photographer take pictures of Rota and Tsukasa's visit. Yeah. Now, we're going to go further into the shrine and pray. Now, let's go! Let's go! Whoa. Yeah, this is so grand. Yeah, wow. Come on, Rota. Yeah. Yep. We did this in many places, like on Takao-san, too. Yeah. Whee! Our mom is paying the fee for the prayer now. Yeah. And this fee paid to the shrine is called Hatsuhoryo. Now, I will tell you the details of Shichigo-san. On these Shichigo-san ceremonies, children like Rota dress up in attire like kimono and hakama. Yeah. And yeah, these kimono and hakama are types of Japanese traditional formal wear. Many families go to shrines to give thanks to the gods for their children's good health and pray for its continuance in the future. Aside from the shrine prayer visit, taking photos and going out to eat as a family is also common. I got Chitose-yame. Yeah, on Shichigo-san, children receive a long red and white stick-shaped candy called Chitose-yame. Chitose means 1,000 years, and it expresses a wish for a long and healthy life. Yeah. Now that we explained about Shichigo-san, let's go in and pray. Yeah, let's go. Let's go! I know it's hard to walk with that. We did it. Yeah. Now we're going to have a prayer. Yeah. The place where they pray is a sacred place, so videos and photos aren't allowed. Sorry. Yeah, really sorry. Yeah. Now let's go. Yeah, let's go. Put your shoes here. Now let's go. Okay, so now we're done with the prayer visit. Yeah. Okay, now let's go. So tall! So cute. Good looking, too. So today we showed you Rota Shichigo-san celebration! Yeah! I'm so happy that everyone in my family is celebrating for me. We're so happy, too, that Rota had a great time today. Yeah. So this was Shichigo-san in Japan, and we're going to show you a lot more traditional events in Japan, too. So please stay tuned. But anyway, this is the end of the video. Thanks for watching our video today. Make sure to subscribe, push the like button, and we'll see you in the next video. Bye!