New Year's Holidays Our school will be closed from December 29th to January 3rd. Thank you all for your support this year. Have a Happy New Year. Year-end and New Year holidays The school will be closed from December 29th ~ January 3rd. Ladies and gentlemen, thank you very much for your hard work this year. Wish you a happy New Year.

Asakusa Nakamise on New Year's Day. Every year, it is crowded with many first-time visitors.

Just a smaller post today. A photo that I took in Asakusa before the pandemic broke out. I remember eating some delicious ramen in the area as well. Hoping that everything returns back to normal by new years. Would love to visit Sensoji Temple this year if possible. Or at least some other shrine within range for Hatsumode. I still need to climb Mt. Fuji as well, but maybe in a couple more years. As long as I do it before I can't walk anymore lol

Osechi I thought there were many wonderful traditions and cultures in Japan. These are our New Year's dishes. It was such a day that I felt happy about such a tradition that I would make myself someday. I wish you a wonderful year for all Japan.

Osechi I thought there were many wonderful traditions and cultures in Japan. These are our New Year's dishes. It was such a day that I felt happy about such a tradition that I would make myself someday. I wish you a wonderful year for all Japan.

New Year ? of Japan Seven lucky gods

New Year ? of Japan First visit ⛩

Looking at this picture I realized I've never actually seen fireworks in the snow. I've done them for New Years of course, but living in Tokyo it doesn't snow much. Also where I was from the in the US we didn't get a lot of snow either. This looks like a lot of fun though. I didn't get to do fireworks this New Years but I was able to have a lot of fun still. Ate some great food with some great people and had fun playing games together. I've visited Aomori a few times in the past though and it was a lot of fun so maybe next year I'll head out there and enjoy these fireworks for New Years! Either way, this Kabushima Shrine looks really beautiful on top of the hill. The path leading up to the shrine and the torii gates are really neat. I looked it up a little more and it looks like a lot of seagulls gather at the shrine as well. Makes sense since it's right next to the beach. Really awesome!

Some pictures I took at Meiji Jingu Shrine around New Years