2005-01-05-akemashite-omedetou.md (918B)
1 +++ 2 title = "明けましておめでとうございます！" 3 date = "2005-01-05T00:00:00Z" 4 slug = "akemashite-omedetou" 5 tags = ["Japan"] 6 +++ 7 8 {{< figure src="/post/2005-01-05-yasaka.jpg" 9 alt="Buddhist monk ringing bell" >}} 10 11 今年も宜しくお願いします！Jumped on the Nozomi Shinkansen from Shin-Yokohama 12 station on the 31st to arrive in Kyoto two hours later. It was dumping snow 13 from Nagoya onwards; and by the time we hit Kyoto, about 10 cm had 14 accumulated. 15 16 After stopping by friends’ for the traditional osechi-ryouri and soba dinner, 17 Yasuko and I did hatsumoude at Yasaka shrine from 11 at night until 2 in the 18 morning in the midst of the blizzard. 19 20 Spent the next few days shopping in Kyoto, visiting more friends, and 21 re-visiting shrines and temples before heading back to Tokyo on the 3rd—though 22 on the return trip, I had to stand from Nagoya onwards since the trains were 23 booked to 120%.