new year

January 11, 2014

Hatsumode at Senso-ji in Asakusa

For many people in Japan, a traditional event of the New Year is hatsumode, the first visit to a shrine or temple of the year. On January 2nd, I went to the buddhist temple of Senso-ji in Asakusa.

January 5, 2014

New Year's Eve 2013 at the Tokyo Tower

On the evening of the last day of 2013, I went up again to the Tokyo Tower observatory to watch the sunset.