Celebration of Longevity

There are some special age in Japan, and we celebrate the birthday of the year in different ways from usual.

First, when you reach the age of 60, it's called "kan-reki," where "kan" means "return," and "reki" means "almanac."

Since the Oriental zodiac is composed of 60 kinds and it repeats itself every 60 years, we think the 61st birthday is special.

In the celebration of the kan-reki, we present a red chanchanko (red padded sleeveless kimono jacket, red Japanese vest) that have the meaning of an amulet, and the kan-reki person wear it.

Also, to reach the age of 88 is called "bei-ju," where "bei" means "rice," and "ju" means "almanac."

The reason is because the kanji "八十八 (which means 88)" looks like the transformation of the kanji "米 (which means rice), and we present a yellow chanchanko wishing for good health.

To be the age of 99 is called "haku-ju," where "haku" means "white."

The reason is because the kanji "百 (which means one hundred)" becomes "白 (which means white)" when you subtract "一 (which means one)" from "百," and we present a whilte chanchanko.

My father will reach the kan-reki this year, so my brother, my sister and I have to prepare the celebration.

長寿のお祝い

日本には、特別な年齢が幾つかあり、その年の誕生日は普段と違った方法でお祝いをします。

まず、60歳になることを還暦と言います。

その年を表す「干支」は全部で60種類あり、61年目で生まれた時の干支に還ることから、特別な年だと考えられています。

還暦では、魔除けの意味を持つ赤いちゃんちゃんこを贈り、身に付けてもらう風習があります。

また、88歳になることを米寿と言います。

八十八という漢字が米という漢字をくずしたものに見えるためであり、このとき健康を願って黄色のちゃんちゃんこを贈ります。

そして、99歳になることを白寿と言います。

百という漢字から一を引くと白になるためであり、このとき白いちゃんちゃんこを贈ります。

私の父は今年60歳で還暦を迎えるので、準備をしなければなりません。

• Celebration of Longevity
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• There are some special age in Japan, and we celebrate the birthday of the year in different ways from usual.
• There are some special ages in Japan, and we celebrate the birthday of those years in different ways than usual.

• First, when you reach the age of 60, it's called "kan-reki," where "kan" means "return," and "reki" means "almanac."
• This sentence is perfect! No correction needed!

• Since the Oriental zodiac is composed of 60 kinds and it repeats itself every 60 years, we think the 61st birthday is special.
• Since the Oriental zodiac is composed of 60 [items] and it repeats itself every 60 years, we think the 61st birthday is special.

  I'm not sure what they are called either. Horoscopes maybe?

• In the celebration of the kan-reki, we present a red chanchanko (red padded sleeveless kimono jacket, red Japanese vest) that have the meaning of an amulet, and the kan-reki person wear it.
• In the celebration of the kan-reki, we present a red chanchanko (red padded sleeveless kimono jacket, red Japanese vest) that serves as a amulet (to ward off evil), and the kan-reki person wears it.

• Also, to reach the age of 88 is called "bei-ju," where "bei" means "rice," and "ju" means "almanac."
• This sentence is perfect! No correction needed!

• The reason is because the kanji "八十八 (which means 88)" looks like the transformation of the kanji "米 (which means rice), and we present a yellow chanchanko wishing for good health.
• The reason is because the kanji "八十八 (which means 88)" looks like the destruction of the kanji "米 (which means rice), we present a yellow chanchanko and wish for good health.

• To be the age of 99 is called "haku-ju," where "haku" means "white."
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• The reason is because the kanji "百 (which means one hundred)" becomes "白 (which means white)" when you subtract "一 (which means one)" from "百," and we present a whilte chanchanko.
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• My father will reach the kan-reki this year, so my brother, my sister and I have to prepare the celebration.
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I'm going to have to save this blog. It's one of the most interesting ones I've read so far on this website. I hope I reach kan-reki

Very interesting!