Children's Day in Japan

 

Japanese Children's Day is a national holiday which falls on May 5.

It is a day set aside to respect children's personalities and to celebrate their happiness.

On this day, families customary raise the carp-shaped colorful banners at their home.

Local government in Tochigi city displays Uzuma river with about one thousand banners on the day since 2006.

We went to the river in this season for the first time and enjoyed seeing the display.

Children's Day

Children's Day is a Japanese national holiday which falls on May 5.

Before the day, Japanese families with boys traditionally raise carp-shaped streamers called 'koinobori' to respect children's personalities and to celebrate their happiness.

I went to Utsunomiya Cenral Park to take pictures of spring flowers one week ago.

At that time, I happened to find koinobori streamers that might be raised by park staff members.

Staff members there not only take care of flowers and plants but also perform Japanese traditional events.