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What festival is July 53 in Japan?

July 53 is a traditional activity in Japan to celebrate children's growth and pray for their future health, which is similar to Japanese Children's Day.

According to the old Japanese custom, boys must celebrate once when they are three and five, and girls must celebrate once when they are three and seven.

753 was originally a local custom of the Kanto Circle, because after Kyoto moved its capital to Edo, the Kanto Circle gradually influenced the whole country, so it gradually became a custom throughout Japan.

Because of the high neonatal mortality rate in kanto region in the past, people will hold various ceremonies to pray that their children will grow up smoothly before the age of seven.

753 is one of these ceremonies, which was once popular in public and military schools in kanto region. With the spiritual and material development, it gradually spread to ordinary families and entered ordinary families.

Although there are some differences between different regions and families, the common practice of modern 753 is to go out to visit a famous shrine nearby and pray for the children to thrive. Then I went to the photo studio to take some artistic photos of the children, and then the whole family went to the restaurant to have a delicious meal.

Therefore, every 753 period, the business of photo studios and photo studios will be very hot. Therefore, in recent years, many Japanese families will choose to stagger their time to take pictures in the photo studio, which will neither delay their children's study time nor delay their work time. Moreover, some photo studios and photo studios have been receiving orders for art photos since June, and the prices are cheaper than 10 and1/0/month.