Hatsumode 初詣

Time flew. It had been two month since 1st of January, when 
Japanese celebrate their new year. I won't write more about this
( I wrote one before here ).
Just to share some photos and a few facts here.
*Japanese started celebrate new year on 1st of January during 
  the Meiji Revolution. They called the traditional new year 
  "The old new year (旧御正月)"
*Altough 1st of January is in the middle of winter, the Japanese still 
  using the word "迎春" on their greeting card.
*2007 is the year of pig. But in Japan, 猪(いのしし) for them is wild
  pig, 豚(ぶた)is pig.That's means 2007 is the year of wild pig for
  them.  

Full moon


Lights of Hope


Smoke...God blessing


御籤(mikuji), predicting the future


notice the different between pig and wild pig!