Shichigosan (7-5-3) is an event which celebrates a child's growth in Japan. It is a ceremony to be held in the 3rd year, the 5th year, and 7th year, after a baby is born. The ceremony is held in temples and shrines.

And children wear a beautiful kimono and eat "long life candy (long and slender candy bar)". The candy is a present from the parents for a child. 

If you will visit the temples and shrines in Japan around November, you will be able to see the smiling face of the children who wore the lovely kimono. 

七五三（7-5-3）は、7歳・5歳・3歳の時に、こどもの成長を祝う日本での行事。その儀式は、寺社にて行われる。そして、子供たちは美しい着物を着て、千歳飴（細長い棒飴）を食べる。その飴は、親たちから子供へのプレゼントである。11月頃に日本の寺社を訪れれば、かわいい着物を着た子供たちの笑顔を見ることができるだろう。

Yumeji Takehisa is the great painter who played an active part in Meiji, Taisho, and Showa Era. He was called "the ukiyoe artist of Taisho Era" and he drew many beautiful-woman pictures. 

He is also a pioneer of the advertising graphic design in Japan. He had very original color sense and style of painting. Therefore, even now, his work charms us earnestly as well as people in those days. 

If you want to see his works thoroughly, you are good to go to his art museum of Okayama, Tokyo, or Kanazawa. In order that his wonderful world may welcome you, it is there.