Yes I am way behind and I need to catch up because we are leaving Japan in exactly 2 weeks .... yikes!
This New Year's was a quiet one and involved simple little day trips. The Martyniak family did a little hiking,
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| Toasting the New Year with some Sparkling Cider |
a little geocaching, a little playing at the park, ate some ramen, gyoza, & sushi, and visited the Haijima Shrine for the Daruma Festival. And for some reason, I felt the need to buy a big ole Daruma. I was caught up in the moment and the saleman gave us a great deal. In case you don't know the story of the Daruma, you make a wish/goal and color in one of his eyes. Then once you reach the goal or the wish comes true, you color in the other eye. Finally at the end of the year, you can bring him back to the shrine and they burn them, (but that won't be happening to my big guy).
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| People waiting in line to pray for the New Year. |
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| "Oni" at the 7 Eleven |
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| geocache |
This New Year's was a quiet one and involved simple little day trips. The Martyniak family did a little hiking,
a little geocaching, a little playing at the park, ate some ramen, gyoza, & sushi, and visited the Haijima Shrine for the Daruma Festival. And for some reason, I felt the need to buy a big ole Daruma. I was caught up in the moment and the saleman gave us a great deal. In case you don't know the story of the Daruma, you make a wish/goal and color in one of his eyes. Then once you reach the goal or the wish comes true, you color in the other eye. Finally at the end of the year, you can bring him back to the shrine and they burn them, (but that won't be happening to my big guy).
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