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Old-Fashioned “Chitoseame” Candy Bags for The Japanese Children’s Celebration “Shichi-go-san”

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The Origin of Shichi-go-san In Japan, when girls turn three and seven years old and boys turn five, we appreciate their growth and have celebration ceremonies at shrines, temples, and other religious ceremonial halls. This ceremony is called Shichi-go-san, which means seven-five-three (7-5-3) in Japanese numerical characters. Shichi-go-san is said to have originated on November

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History / Lettering and Printing / Local

Prologue to the first issue of The Print Town Tokyo, “The City Where Intellect and People Gather.”

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A view from JR station at Iidabashi, Shinjuku

At the beginning of the Showa 40s (late 1960s), I was born in Tokyo and grew up in Shinjuku Ward. My hometown is in the Ushigome area of Shinjuku Ward, and my family runs a printing-related company there. The Ushigome area includes towns such as Waseda, Ichigaya, and Kagurazaka, and there are still many printing-related

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