On the 1st Day of dog of your 5th month of pregnancy, Japanese mother-to-be visit a shrine to pray for the safe birth of their child.

My husband and I visited Meiji Jingu Shrine in Harajuku for the inu no hi ritual.
As a half Australian born in Australia, I was never aware of such thing, but had learnt about it in many pregnancy magazines I had purchased since finding out about my pregnancy.

Let me talk to you about where we went, what we did and what we received at the shrine!

妊娠５ヶ月目の１回目の戌の日に安産祈願に行く・・・はずが２回目の戌の日になってしまいましたが、明治神宮へ安産祈願へ行きました。
オーストラリア生まれのため、戌の日なんて聞いたこともなかったのですが、ゼクシィやたまごクラブの雑誌でお勉強しました。
英語で安産祈願・戌の日の体験についてお話しします！