Happy New Year everyone!
This year I had experienced FIRST actions, one is to went to temple near by to the tolling of temple bells 108 times beginning a little before midnight on New Year's Eve.
This year I had experienced FIRST actions, one is to went to temple near by to the tolling of temple bells 108 times beginning a little before midnight on New Year's Eve.
And after that I went to shrine to pay the first visit of this year.
Temple? Shrine? We celebrated Christmas just a week ago, then Temple? Shrine?
Exact a mixed culture we have!
Exact a mixed culture we have!
あけましておめでとうございます。
今年は、今までに出来なかったことに年始からチャレンジできました。
といっても、除夜の鐘つき、午前0時の初詣です。寒いのは昔から大の苦手・・・
これが今まで三十数年生きてきて初めてのこととは。
これが今まで三十数年生きてきて初めてのこととは。
お寺に鐘をつきに行って、その足で神社に初詣？って、考えると何だかよく分からなくなってきましたが、これが日本の文化ですものね、クリスマスも楽しんだし。
I didn't like to take photos at shrine at night, so I took this photo this morning.
Midnight of today we had to let my son sleep soon, so didn't do anything, but there were free Japanese noodles at shrine and also was sold lucky charms, etc...
ちょっと夜中の神社は写真に撮りたくなかったので（何となく怖いものが写りそうで・・・）、今朝もう一度息子と行った時に撮りました。
