Japanese-born broadcaster Sayuri revealed that she sent her son Zen to a Japanese kindergarten.
On the 5th, a video titled "A special moment left in Japan: Sayuri·Zen, family photos with grandfather·grandmother" was posted on Sayuri's YouTube channel Sayuri Immida. The released video showed Sayuri filming her son Zen's "shichi-go-san".
"Shichi-go-san" means 7 years, 5 years, 3 years and is an event in Japan where children's growth is celebrated by wearing traditional clothes and taking photos. It began as a way to commemorate children surviving to those ages during a time when infant survival rates were low.
Sayuri told production staff at a regular cafe in Japan that she was preparing for the "shichi-go-san" shoot. In particular, she drew attention by saying of the cafe, "When Zen was in Japan, I would send him to the Japanese kindergarten, drop him off and when I came back I would eat breakfast here before going home," she said.
Currently Sayuri is living in Korea with Zen. As she still visits her hometown Japan about once a month, she confessed that she took Zen to a local kindergarten while living in Japan.
This drew attention in connection with Sayuri's childcare views because she was controversial last year over her son Zen's kindergarten. At the time she had been sending her son to an English kindergarten in Korea, but she said she wrote a letter asking a teacher not to give him homework for the sake of Zen's Korean education.
Because of this, criticisms such as "imperial parenting" and "difficult parent" arose around Sayuri. A past remark that Zen was expelled from a play school 10 days after entering added to the controversy. However, Sayuri issued an apology, saying, "Even I thought it looked bad. I asked the teacher 'please,' and the teacher said it was fine, so I didn't think about the kindergarten rules. I learned again from this opportunity."
In addition, Sayuri warmed hearts by completing family photo shoots not only with Zen but also with her parents in Japan.
[Photo] Source: YouTube.
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