100 day memorial photo

 With my family I went to photography studio in Furumachi to take photos of my daughter as a memory of 100 days passed since she had been born.

  In Japan,　people celebrate the hundredth day of thier children birth by hold a ceremony called "Okuizome". "Okuizome"means the first day they eat. In the ceremony people pretend to serve foods to children praying for that they don't have any difficulty to eat all through their lives.

 Adding to the ceremony, it is common to take pictures on the babies at photo studios nowadays.

 Pictures show taking the memorial photos at Stadio Roop in Furumachi.
 Hama san(Cameraman) took a very warm photos  not only on my daughter but also with other family members including me.

Suzumaki!

Niigata is famous for rice cropping, especially major rice brand "Koshihikari."
The rice crop starts in spring.
One of the preparatory works for rice planting called "Suzumaki" (or "Sujimaki").
Suzumaki is to sow rice seeds in trays. And then the the trays are placed in a plastic greenhouses.
Depends on areas and varieties, in Niigata, Suzumaki is conducted in early April and transplanting the seedlings into rice fields is done in Japanese spring holidays in early May called " Golden week".