Although I would had very much preferred a sloshed out, frenetic PVD treatment to celebrate the new year things turned out fairly different as we ended up in Meiji Jingu ( a famous Shrine in Harajuku where the Emperor chills out ) for a more traditional proceeding. Packed to the brim on New Year’s Eve every year everyone thronged to toss coins before the altar wishing for happiness and long life.
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Hatsumode, Hachiman Jinja, Irumagawa.
New year rush in Ameyoko
Hatsumode, Yoyogi Hachiman Jinja, Shibuya.
A new year and new beginnings, 2008.
New Year visit to Kojima’s hometown, Yokohama.
July 28th, 2011 at 7:57 pm
It’s been a few New Year’s since you posted this, but I was there in 2005, totally by accident (long story). It was one of the better New Year’s I can remember having. Meiji Jingu is an amazing place.