1. Put on your carpet and head to the freezing beach where three ships may be seen sailing by.
2. Join the throng to look at the sun.
3. Admire the watersportspeople. Are those Hello Kitty yachts?!
4. Head to the churches of mammon. This year St Arbucks and the one across the road, called Excelsior, were both open all day from midnight. I suppose exhaustion is a good enough excuse for forgetting to put the espresso shots into our lattes.
5. At Hachimangu creep past the "redcoats" holding "walk slowly" signs and head towards the stairs. At the base of the stairs gather behind a rope waiting for the "Just Moment".
6. When the rope is lifted, charge up the stairs to the shrine, where a bunny rabbit and a wooden arrow may be purchased.
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James appears to be the only person in the top picture not holding a camera. Perhaps there is a rule that only dwarves are allowed cameras?
He needed both hands free to fend off attempts to tie him down on the beach.
My camera is actually around my neck, I was resting for a minute.
> rabbit
Ah!
http://www.jbox.com/search/all/rabbit
Lovely photos, as always. New Year is a very special time to be in Japan. The most "romantic" way to do it, though, is to visit a rural shrine in a snowy area in the early hours of the morning. (I did this with my Japanese wife some years ago.)
I very much appreciate this blog, by the way.
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