Happy Bleated New Year, here are some fainting goats!
Kentaro and I have officially lost our camera.
The last picture we took with it was on New Year's Eve when his whole family was gathered around making mochi balls. It's a Japanese thing. Whether it got mushed into the mochi and gobbled up with the rest of the food we're not sure, but that was the last time we saw it.
We braved the cold that night and headed to Saijo Inari Jinja where 60,000 other residents of Okayama decided to take in their hatsumode, or first shrine visit of the new year. Thinking we could beat the crowds we left the house at 10pm, only to get stuck in some very uncelebratory traffic. It took us 3 hours to drive 15km, and we would have walked had it not been zero degrees outside.
We made use of the time by creating all kinds of resolutions for 2007. Ours are rather broad this year, along the lines of: Get a job, find a place to live, get married, settle down, etc.
It was definitely worth braving the cold, crowds and fatigue once we clamped our chattering mouths around a hot taiyaki and prayed to the fox gods for a healthy and prosperous 2007.
Wish us luck, and best of luck to you too!
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5 comments:
Thanks for all your advice! Good luck with your New Year's resolutions- got some pretty big ones in there. Which country are you hoping to get married in by the way?
Ganbatte !
Happy New Year to you, too. I've been stuck in those shrine traffic jams - not fun.
Sorry to hear about your camera. You guys have heaps planned for 2007! I tagged you for a blog book game (have a look at my blog for details). Also, I realised I hadn't added you as a link on my blog. Is it ok if I do?
Have a fabulous 2007!
We'll be getting married in Guam, where we have just landed.
Laura - please add me! I have never been tagged before but will give it a go! Apologies for the delay - things have been crazy with the move! :)
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