A happy 100 days old!

My little-big-boss turned 100 days old 　last week  haha

Normally in Japan, they usually having a Weaning Ceremony, (お食い初め – Okuizome in Japanese) in which a baby is first fed with solid food when he/she turns 100 days old. Just pretending to feed of course!

A set of meal is prepared and the parents or the grandparents will pretend to feed the baby on wishing the baby a life of abundant food without hunger and a life of good health. Though varies according to region, this set of meal is prepared with 1 soup 3 dishes (一汁三菜) in tradition. A whole fish (normally sea bream, 鯛) dish, red beans rice (赤飯), pickles, soup, etc.. representing the set.

And, this is how a professional Okuizome set looks like 

See more pics on Okuizome!!

Okuizome is quite a festive day where families and friends gather together to celebrate. Kinda like a full-moon party celebrating for a full 1 month old baby in Chinese tradition.

Some makes it a big day while some makes it small.  

While for my little-big-boss, this is how we made it a day~

An Okuizome set
お食い初めの祝い膳

 A happy 100 days old 

1. Yukiko Ishikawa says:

   26 December 2012 at 15:58

   Hahaha so cute! Omedetou 🙂

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   • harupi says:

     26 December 2012 at 17:40

     Arigato~!! :))))) I’m waiting to see little Ishikawa 😛

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