New Years
January 9th 2009 So...New Years
New Years in Japan is one of the more traditional holidays. Most people go to an elder relative's house, back to the home town, eat toshikoshi soba on the 31st, go on a early morning visit to a temple, then eat osechiryouri (new years food) for the next few days. My family did none of this.
Instead we went to a town called Shimoda on the Izu Penninsula. Large resort town an
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