How to celebrate my son's one-year birthday (240 words) My son will be the 1-year-old this month. We’re planning to travel with my wife, my father (my son’s grandfather), my in-law sister and her sons. We are going to visit the farm and do snowboarding. We’ll have a special dinner and hold an event at night. In Japan, children carry on their back about 1.8 kg rice cake and do “erabi-tori” (if I express it in English, “choose and take”) when children’ one year birthday. A heavy rice cake has a special meaning. The “isshou” is the unit of weight in old Japanese and it indicates about 1.8 kg. And “issho” is the same sound as “life” in Japanese. So carrying the rice cake on the back, expressing the parents’ wish for the child to be happy for life. In “erabi-tori”, child chose a card from among five cards. The traditional cards are illustrated “soroban” (it is a Japanese classical calculator), a writing brush, money, chopsticks, a measure. If children chose a “soroban” at first, a child would be a good salesman. If children chose a “soroban” at first, a child would be a good salesman. If children chose a writing brush, it means the child would be a smarter person. Money means to be rich and chopsticks means be a chef or won’t have a trouble with eating. And a measure means to be a tidy person. I’m really looking forward to what my son choose first!