New Year’s in Japan
April 7th, 2003
Here are a few pictures from last New Year’s celebration. I go home for Christmas, but I am always back for New year’s, I like the ambience at the local shrines. The one near my home, pictured above, shoots off rather impressive fireworks (for a small shrine) and has the usual festivities, including bell-ringing-and-praying (naturally), sake-tasting (pictured above left), shi-shi-mai dance, traditional band, and a bonfire (above right).
If you’d like to see a movie of the experience, visit my Inagi New Year’s site.