Friday, January 9, 2009

Ebessan


Ebessan means Mr.Ebisu in Japan.
Ebisu is the Japanese god of fishermen, good luck, and workingmen, as well as guardian of the health of small children. He is one of the Seven Gods of Fortune(Hichifukujin), and the only one of the seven to originate from Japan.
There are some shrines honors Ebisu in Japan.
One of them, there is near my store.
Ebessan is the god of business.
So we go to the shrine to pray for prosperity in our business in this season every year.