最後に行ったのは12、3年ぐらい前だろうか。ここは鹿島神宮ほど緊張を感じないところで、暑さのせいだろう、参拝客も多くなくて、のんびり。
帰りには定番のお団子。いつもはあんこの蓬団子だけのを買うのだけれど、今回は御手洗好きの家族の分も。これで今年は息栖神社、鹿島神宮、香取神宮と東国三社コンプリート。ゆっぽ、有難う！
Overheard a conversation between two senior ladies on the bus way back to home from work. One lady said she was worried about her daughter not getting married. "I was worried about her going out when she was young, and was careful not to let her go on date with some boys, but now I regret what I did. If she had more chances of meeting, she would've been married by now." The other lady was telling her that she was embarrassed by her daughter married to a man not from the good family. "Children of my brothers and cousins all married to the people from the good family. My daughter is the only one not married to such a good family. Even my husband's end relatives also married to decent family. I'm so embarrassed." The grass is greener on the other side of the fence. One is not happy about her daughter being single. One is not happy that her daughter doesn't belong to decent family that she can claim to her relatives. Probably both of them were trying to
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