To celebrate their one-year-old, each of them carried a rice-cake on their backs. Their crying figures surely be a good memory!

　 In this summer, I did it for my daughter’s first birthday. Issho-mochi!!

　Issho-mochi is a custom of celebrating a child’s first birthday by having him/her carry a Issho (approx. 1.8kg) of mochi on his/her back and praying for good health without worrying about food for the rest of his or her life. There is also the aspect of fortune-telling the future by the reaction when carrying it. It is said that if the baby stands up and walk, the baby can establish own-self and become independent from an early age, and if the baby remains seated, the baby will be able to properly protect the family.

　At the time when my son was to carry it, he cried out loud from the moment he realized he was to carry it, and when he was made to carry, he broke down in tears and sat down and collapsed to the floor. And when I pulled myself and try to make him carry again, it made me laugh that he ran away at full speed.

　My daughter who tried Issho-mochi this year, by carrying on her shoulder, despite being fussy, walked a few steps on her own. After that, she could not stand the weight, so she sat down, fell on her back, and continued crying while lying on the floor. I think the fact that she walked a few steps at first, despite being fussy, showed her personality of fearlessly venturing everything.

　By the way, the dark blue Furoshiki (Wrapping cloth) that wrapped Mochi is called “Namida no Furoshiki,” which was made by BIOTEC a long ago, and it is an awesome Furoshiki with the character “Namida (Tears)” is dyed out white written by Shigyo Sosyu (Grand-dad). Coincidentally, it was able to nestle to the “Namida (Tears)” of his grandson who carried Issho-mochi on his back.

　Well, how will their future be predicted from this result of Issho-mochi? In the end, both of them were lying on the floor and crying, I, as a mother who had a little expectation that my children would grow up to be the children who would take good care of the family.