November - Card of the Month

Japanese post card, c. 1960s-1970s; captioned on reverse—

"Shichi-Go-San," Children's Shrine Visiting Day – November 15

On this date, girls of seven ("Shichi" means seven in Japanese), boys of five ("Go") and boys and girls of three ("San"), wearing their best dresses, go to the local shrines accompanied by their parents to pray for future blessing upon them.