New Year's Custom - "Kakizome" - Japan

It is our old custom that we do special
New Year calligraphy on January 2.
Today most elementary school students do it
as a homework during New Year holidays.


"Sanjo" - Top of the Mountain 
(Kaho, aged 8)

"Tatsu-doshi" - 
 The Year of the Dragon"
(Yuko, aged 9)

"Takeuma" - Stilts
(Chie, aged 10)


"Nihon no Niwa" - A Japanese Garden
(Natsuki, aged 11)

LABO Torigoe Party
Okayama, Japan
January 20, 2000
Created by TORIGOE Yuko
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