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✨Obon ✨ Family gathering ✨ We'll put our hands together ~ 🙏 Welcome back, ancestors🙏

This is runrunmama, the wife of the eldest son 😂

Obon and New Year are always family gathering 🌀

This time, it was flooded, but everyone is looking forward to it.

Because it is "Obon," I carry out the Bon ❤️‍🔥

First, put your hands together 🪦 the grave 🙏

It is said that the ancestors will come back to Obon 😊

We offer flowers, fruits, and sweets at home 🌸

Thank you always, my ancestors 😊

Everyone is healthy and doing well 🙏

After that, 🙏

"Itadakimasu" 😆🎵🩷

Families get together and ⚡

I wonder if our ancestors are watching over us with a smile ⁉️😊

# Comments are welcome

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2025/8/16 Edited to

私も毎年お盆の時期になると、家族みんなで集まって心を込めてご先祖様をお迎えしています。お盆は単なる伝統行事ではなく、家族の絆を改めて感じる大切な時間だと感じています。お盆の準備では、仏壇やお墓にお花や果物、お菓子をお供えし、迎え火を焚いてご先祖様の来訪を歓迎することが多いです。私の場合は、祖母が作る特製のおはぎや季節の野菜を並べ、それぞれが手を合わせてご挨拶をします。手を合わせる瞬間は、日々の忙しさから離れ、心を静かにして感謝の気持ちを伝える時間となります。そしてお墓参りの後は、家族皆で集まって食事を楽しみます。笑い声が絶えないその時間は、ご先祖様もきっと嬉しく思われているのではないかと思います。水害があった年でも、お盆の集まりは決行するというrunrunmamaさんの話にも共感しました。困難な時だからこそ、家族が集まり支え合う大切さを感じられます。私はまた、地域の風習に従い提灯を飾ったり、子どもたちにお盆の由来を話して伝統を教えるようにしています。家族で迎えるお盆は、単に過去のご先祖様を偲ぶだけでなく、今を生きる私たちが健康で幸せに過ごせるように願う行事でもあります。皆さんもぜひこの時期、ご先祖様に思いを馳せながら、家族との時間を大切にしてみてはいかがでしょうか。

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