Events:
Cherry Blossom Forecast 2024
https://www.japan-guide.com/sakura/
https://weathernews.jp/sakura/ (Japanese version only)  
https://tenki.jp/sakura/expectation/ (Japanese version only)
https://www.otenki.jp/sp/art/sakura/ (Japanese version only)

when and where to see cherry blossoms (Japanese version only):
https://hanami.walkerplus.com/
https://sp.jorudan.co.jp/hanami/
https://www.jalan.net/theme/sakura/

Sunday, January 1, 2017

New Year's Day 2017

Happy New Year!

It's a nice sunny and calm day in Yokohama.
Best wishes for a safe New Year.

2017 is the Year of the Rooster according to the Chinese zodiac. Each of the 12 Chinese zodiac signs is related to a characteristic animal.


New Year's card









New Year's card
























New Year's card









New Year's card





















New Year's card





It is said to be particularly good luck to dream of Mt. Fuji, a hawk or an eggplant in the first night of the year.














New Year's card
























Ready-made New Year's dishes are set in three-tiered boxes. Most of the ready-made New Year's dishes are sold frozen and we thaw them at room temperature.












We eat soup called ozouni(お雑煮) containing vegetables and rice cakes for New Year's Day. Its contents used to be offerings to gods. The soup is cooked in various ways according to regional custom.

Ozouni Kenkyujo(OZOUNIYA.co.ltd) is a website about ozouni (sorry, Japanese version only):
http://www.zouni.jp/category/topic1/



Aotama Jinja
photo by 高画質壁紙写真集無料壁紙






















New Year's pine decoration at Aotama Jinja Shrine(青玉神社), Hyogo Prefecture

The deity of the year bringing a good harvest goes down from the sky to New Year's pine and bamboo decorations or New Year pine decorations.

This small shrine has several old Japanese cedar trees including 1000-year-old one.



Aotama Jinja
photo by 高画質壁紙写真集無料壁紙

























Aotama Jinja
photo by 高画質壁紙写真集無料壁紙
























Aotama Jinja
photo by 高画質壁紙写真集無料壁紙




























2 comments:

  1. all your posts are amazing and your English is also very good.

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