Kanreki

Based on the reading from Tsuji, he highlights the importance of life and death in the Japanese culture. The Japanese culture have plenty of rituals that are done before and after death. They have this thing called the Kanreki which is, the first series of auspicious birthdays that is acknowledge by Japanese culture.( Tsuji,2011) Japanese celebrates this deeply because there were a lot of them dying before the age of 60. The reason why the Kanreki was so auspicious is because two zodiac signs of his birth year came again. The author talks about a man that was dressed like a baby, all because he was celebrating his 60th birthday. The baby attire symbolizes a full circle to attain rebirth.(Tsuji,2011) Japanese culture not only celebrates their