New Years in Tokyo 2008
で親戚から親戚へはしご中、
電車から綺麗な富士山。
写真がぶれていてすみません。
While travelling from one relatives place to another,
got a great view of the beautiful Mt Fuji.
Sorry for the blurry photo.
New Years in Tokyo 2008
篠原八幡神社で出会った可愛い子ちゃん。
ゴンちゃんです。
Here is a little cutie I met at the Shinohara Hachiman Shrine.
His name is Gon.
New Years in Tokyo 2008
横浜の篠原八幡神社から見えた新横浜プリンス。
出張でよくここに泊まったな~
A view of the Shin Yokohama Prince Hotel
from Shinohara Hachiman Shrine.
I used to stay here on business many times long ago.
New Years in Tokyo 2008
だるまさんの売店
横浜の篠原八幡神社
Stand selling little Daruma at Shinohara Hachiman Shrine, Yokohama
New Years in Tokyo 2008
本当は明治神宮と浅草寺へ初詣に行くつもりだったけど、、、
親戚の近所の神社で簡単に。
ちなみに横浜の篠原八幡神社です。
Also a Japanese New Years tradition is visiting a shrine or temple
during the first three days of the new year.
I had planned on visiting both the Meiji Shrine and the Asakusa Temple.
Why? Because they have huge crowds and lots of food stands!
But ... too lazy to get off my ass so I settled for visiting
a small shrine near my relatives place in Yokohama, Shinohara Hachiman Shrine.