Some ice-tails from the snowfall from the other day.  I focused on the details, the macro, the surreal the icy and the plain cold.  I will hence forth label these and ice-tails.

The annual pilgrimage to the shrines and temples of Japan, begins just after the stroke of midnight on December 31.  I never venture far, and I prefer to go to the one that is closest to my house.  The same shrine my family has been visiting for years.  Warm sake, and amazake are served to those who have waited in the cold to say the first prayers of the new year.

To all friends, family and loved ones!

Happy New Year

明けましておめでとうございます！