05 December 2007

Oseibo(御歳暮)


Do you know what it is? I think it is kind of special custom in Japan or Asia. Actually i have never heard this kind of the custom in the other countries. Oseibo(御歳暮) is year-end gift-giving tradition in Japan, and we have two times a year about this kind of tradition. Once is around July and August that is called Ochugen(御中元), and the other is Oseibo around December. Around those season, people think that which kind of things is good or not. I took this picture in Hankyu Department Store, Osaka, and the booth had a long line to register for sending something. Japanese think this kind of custom is good for having good relationship with the other people. Do you think so?

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