After our trip to USA, we dropped by Japan to spend the new year with my in-laws.
On New Year's Eve, we were greeted with this great scene... the sun setting over the town where my in-laws lives, with Mt Fuji in the background.
We woke up to New Year's Day with the usual osechi meal.
We then took a short walk to the nearby Kashima-jinja to pray for a good year ahead.
A long queue awaited us at the shrine, which was a bit unusual since this is really a small local shrine.
A sumptuous dinner was waiting for us when we got back.
During this trip, we also managed to visit the Anpanman Museum in Yokohama.
The museum was all ready for the new year too!
The kids love Anpanman, and whenever the theme song played, they started dancing to the tune.
Which explains why there were so reluctant to leave...
The museum is near Minato-mirai.
And the icon of Minato-mirai is of course Landmark Tower.
We also managed to slot in time to visit Kawasaki-Daishi, a big temple at Kawasaki. It is the usual pilgrimage we make yearly since we started spending New Year in Japan.
During our stay, the kid tried to make himself useful too. Here you can see him helping to brush the wooden deck of the balcony.
Maybe he did a good job of keeping the balcony clean, and thus we had a pair of mejiro (Japanese white-eye) visiting us.
On New Year's Eve, we were greeted with this great scene... the sun setting over the town where my in-laws lives, with Mt Fuji in the background.
We woke up to New Year's Day with the usual osechi meal.
We then took a short walk to the nearby Kashima-jinja to pray for a good year ahead.
A long queue awaited us at the shrine, which was a bit unusual since this is really a small local shrine.
A sumptuous dinner was waiting for us when we got back.
During this trip, we also managed to visit the Anpanman Museum in Yokohama.
The museum was all ready for the new year too!
The kids love Anpanman, and whenever the theme song played, they started dancing to the tune.
Which explains why there were so reluctant to leave...
The museum is near Minato-mirai.
And the icon of Minato-mirai is of course Landmark Tower.
We also managed to slot in time to visit Kawasaki-Daishi, a big temple at Kawasaki. It is the usual pilgrimage we make yearly since we started spending New Year in Japan.
During our stay, the kid tried to make himself useful too. Here you can see him helping to brush the wooden deck of the balcony.
Maybe he did a good job of keeping the balcony clean, and thus we had a pair of mejiro (Japanese white-eye) visiting us.
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