Shichi-Go-San in tradicionalne poroke, Tokyo, Japonska

S Tokyom smo se prvič srečali po treh tednih road tripa po Japonski. In glede na to, da smo se večinoma vozakali po podeželju, je bil Tokyo prvo “pravo” mesto na potovanju. Spali smo v hostlu “Sakura hotel” v simpatičnem predelu mesta Jimbocho, ki je glede na videno prava tokijska prestolnica vseh mogočih knjigarn, ki predstavljajo gore knjig kar na pločnikih. Najbolj neverjetno je, da smo srečevali knjigoljube ob res norih večernih in nočnih urah, vedno popolnoma zatopljene v iskanju tiste prave knjige. Prvi dan, bila je sobota, smo preživeli v verjetno najbolj tradicionalnem delu mesta, ob občudovanju precej tradicionalnih stvari. “Shichi-Go-San” je festival, namenjen 3 in 7 let starim dekletom ter 5 let starim fantom, ki v mesecu novembru skupaj s svojimi starši in starimi starši obiščejo najbližje šinto svetišče in molijo za zdravo življenje svojih potomcev. Simpatični otroci so vsi oblečeni v tradicionalna oblačila, kar nekaj tradicionalistov pa smo videli tudi med starši. Za piko na i je bil v templju Meiji Jingu tudi poročni dan, s tem pa polno tradicionalnih japonskih porok, ki so bile zaradi oblačil ter samega protokola prava paša za oči.

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We arrived to Tokyo after 3 weeks of road trip around mainly rural parts of Japan. So it was the first real big city on our trip. 🙂 We slept in the Sakura hostel in the lovely part of the city named Jimbocho, that is probably also the capital of bookshops. They are everywhere and it was unbelievable to see how people look for books at really odd hours late in the evening and at night. On our first day, it was Saturday, we spent all day in probably the most traditional part of town, admiring quite a lot of traditional things. “Shichi-Go-San” is a festival dedicated to 3 and 7 year old girls and 5 year old boys who, in November, together with their parents and grandparents visit the nearest shinto shrine and pray for the healthy life of their kids. Cute children are all dressed in traditional clothes, but we also saw couple of parents, dressed in amazing traditional Japanese clothes. Because it was Saturday it was also a wedding day in Meiji Jingu temple and because of that we had an opportunity to see so many beautiful traditional Japanese weddings. It was great just to watch all those wedding guests and of course brides and grooms, all in traditional clothes, obeying very strict protocol.