Friday, January 4, 2013

Happy New Year

Happy New Year everyone! May every day of the new year bring cheer and happiness to you and your family!

Here in Japan we have a tradition of hatsumoude - the first visit to a shrine of the new year. We make wishes for the new year and buy "omikuji" - a written oracle and "omamori" - charms or amulets.
This year I went to a shrine in my neighborhood - Inari jinja.










Unfortunetely my omikuji predicted me a bad luck so I tied it in hope that the bad luck will turn into a good one. 




Do you have any special traditions in your countries?

Happy New Year again! 



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