We held a "OKUIZOME" celebration last weekend. Okuizome is a ceremony held either on the 100th or 120th day after the birth.
This is an old Shinto belief where you symbolically put food in front of the baby's mouth wishing that they will have enough food to eat throughout life.
I prepared the sekihan (festive red bean rice), tai (grilled sea bream), hamaguri soup (clam clear soup), nimono (stewed chicken with vegetables), tako & kuri ( octopus and cucumber) and umeboshi(pickled plums).
A small stone is also placed next to the food to wish for the baby to have strong, healthy teeth.
Shun can't eat any of the food yet so the whole thing seemed bizarre to him. Moreover he was sleepy and in a grumpy mood throughout.
We put him to sleep after pretending to feed him and ate up all the food by ourselves.
2 comments:
Happy belated 100th day, baby Shun!
Just wanted to say hello, from another Singaporean-in-Japan blogger. I am from around Tokyo though. Just discovered your blog from a comment you left at another blog.
I am supposed to be doing urgent work at the office now, so will read the rest of your blog a little later but soon enough!
Cheers,
Heidi
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