November 30, 2009
Setting Up
Yesterday, a workman set up a tent and then tables and chairs on the spot where the new house will be built beside the vegetable stand. Today, a Shinto priest performed the ceremony for blessing the ground. The family sat in chairs and watched. Then they went up one by one to put a leaf branch on a table of offerings. We did the same thing 11 years ago when our new house was built. The same is done for companies and commercial buildings, too.
P.S. Though it was out in the open, it was a private ceremony so I didn't take photos.
Posted by Annie Donwerth Chikamatsu at 1:23 PM
Labels: building a house, November in Japan, October in Japan
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