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Meiji Jingu on New Year’s Day – Tokyo, Japan
Zojoji has cancelled their annual, balloon release at midnight on New Year’s eve this year. If you are in or near Tokyo and looking for a crowd to celebrate with you can still head over to Meiji Jingu although there is no countdown there. There are loads of shrines and temples you can visit to hear the 108 bells rung at midnight or otherwise participate in Hatsumode.
I am one
Who eats breakfast
Gazing at morning-glories
– Basho
I went to breakfast the other morning at Ashland‘s Morning Glory Restaurant and saw the above haiku painted on the wall. The original Japanese by Matsuo Basho (松尾芭蕉) was
朝顔に
我は飯食ふ
男かな
asagao ni
ware wa meshi ku
otoko kana
Mini Santa Clauses roaming the streets of snowy Kyoto, Japan
銀座６丁目
Opened in 1924, demolished by Godzilla in 1954, Ginza’s Matsuzakaya will really be destroyed in 2013. The doors are closing on the old building early in 2013, and the largest shopping complex in Ginza will be built in its choice location.
I took today’s photo back in 2009. Soon (2016 is when the new building is scheduled to be completed) this scene will look very different.
Saitama Seibu Lions (埼玉西武ライオンズ)
My A’s signed one of my Lions today.
Just over three years ago we climbed Mt. Mitake, and like most mountains in Japan there was a Shinto shrine at the top. Late November is a great time of year to make this day trip from Tokyo as the colors are spectacular, and you can usually see farthest in Japan in autumn and winter when the humidity is low.