Today Ayako's parents came to visit. For the three days on either side of the vernal equinox (first day of spring), families often go and visit the family grave. They will clean it up and put some fresh flowers by it and pray. The grave below is the Odo family grave. One grave is for the whole family (grandparents and great- grandparents included). In the back of the grave there is a small door and behind this is all the bones from these ancestors.
Here is me posing with Fujio-san and Hideko-san.
This is the local temple where the family grave is. The name of the temple is Jurakuji.
Inside this temple is one of the boxes that will be used to carry the princess at our town's festival coming up. In 2 weeks, we will be going to the local festival (during cherry blossom season), which has a 'princess parade'. The princess will be carried in this box during the parade.
Here were some other shots I took while at the temple and graveyard:
We then came back home and had lunch together. We ate inari-zushi (rice in fried tofu) that Ayako had made.
Here is me posing with Fujio-san and Hideko-san.
This is the local temple where the family grave is. The name of the temple is Jurakuji.
Inside this temple is one of the boxes that will be used to carry the princess at our town's festival coming up. In 2 weeks, we will be going to the local festival (during cherry blossom season), which has a 'princess parade'. The princess will be carried in this box during the parade.
Here were some other shots I took while at the temple and graveyard:
We then came back home and had lunch together. We ate inari-zushi (rice in fried tofu) that Ayako had made.
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