Happy Beiju Uncle Mits! 米
Today we gathered with family and friends to celebrate our uncle Mits’ 88th birthday. In Japan, a person’s 88th birthday is called “beiju” and is a special celebration where either yellow or gold colored gifts are given. Uncle Mits asked that we stick to plain white golf balls as he still plays golf every Wednesday!
You might be interested to know that the “bei” of beiju comes from the three kanji characters for eight “八”, ten “十”, and eight “八”, or “hachijuu-hachi” (88), which combined together form the character kome, or rice “米”.
We enjoyed our time with you Uncle Mits. Happy Birthday!
