May 5th is Children's day, used to be a boy's festival, just like a girl's festival on March 3rd, to celebrate or wish children's growth and to thank for their mothers.
According to WikiPedia, a boy's festival seems to have begun 800 years ago to wish the family will be succeeded by sons.
(see http://ja.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/端午/)
Many families decorate samurai armors as below; dedicating special rice cakes. There are two types: one is called "Kashiwamochi", covered with oak grass, and sweet mushed black beans- inside; the other is called "Chimaki", covered with bamboo grass.
For kids, it seems more fun to have snack time to eat "Kashiwamochi" and "Chimaki", especially for me.
Many families decorate samurai armors as below; dedicating special rice cakes. There are two types: one is called "Kashiwamochi", covered with oak grass, and sweet mushed black beans- inside; the other is called "Chimaki", covered with bamboo grass.
For kids, it seems more fun to have snack time to eat "Kashiwamochi" and "Chimaki", especially for me.
The first photo is the full set of the decoration, and it is almost 2m height.
The photo below is the real samurai armors.
The left photo is a tiny decoration in my house.
This is located on a piano and just 30 cm height.
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