20. Shrine Day
When a girl or boy reaches 30 days, three, five and seven years they dress in their finest Kimonos and go to the shrine with their parents for what is probably an equivalent to our first communion or baptism. There is probably $15,000 worth on Kimonos here or more. A good quality one will run you $5,000. You can of course rent them.
posted by John Ward @ 4:41 PM
John Ward is an accomplished photographer living in Burlington Ontario. He and Eleanor travel often and the various bolgs you are viewing represent some of his best photographs. John's previous experience has been in commercial, portrait and wedding photography as well as black and white developing and printing. In the 1970's John also contributed "Village People" to the Bloor West Villager, a monthly newspaper in Toronto. John is a current member of the Latow Photographers' Guild.
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