It was a very cold rainy day.
I stayed at home all day long.
March 3 is known as Hina matsuri (雛まつり), Doll's Festival. Those families who have girls decorate hina ningyo (雛人形) dolls and eat chirashi zushi (ちらし鮨) and clear clam soup to wish their daughters' healthy growth.There is sweets called hina arare (雛あられ), too.
March 3 is also the Day of Ears from their shapes.
It was fine.
I went to Kimono-style Miya to have hair-set, makeup, dressed and pictures taken.
After getting dressed I had time for a while, so I enjoyed trying on some expensive kimonos. They were so beautiful and looked like the collections of museum.
For shooting I went to Osaragi Jiro(大仏次郎) Memorial Museum again. There were some flowers blooming there and the view was very beautiful.
After went back to Miya I changed the obi and had some more pictures taken.
I visited Iseyama Kotai Jingu (伊勢山皇大神宮) and Naritasan (成田山).
A new month has started. March is sangatsu (三月) or yayoi (弥生) in Japanese. It is a time to say good-bye. There are graduation ceremonies in many schools. Usually at high schools it is held on March 1.
It was rainy in the morning but stopped raining later. Petals of cherry blossoms were starting to fall because of rain and a puddle was filled with petals when I came back at night.
I visited three shrines before going to the office this morning.
I hope this will be another nice month.
