Hatsumode
This year due to a lack of money I stayed in Japan for New Years. I tried to do all the customs that Japanese people do for the holiday. I did ‘mochi-tsuki’. I Ate ‘osechi ryori’, ‘toshi-koshi soba’, and ‘ozoni’, and I went to a temple to pray for the new year - ’hatsumode’. One of the best and most popular places in Tokyo to do hatsumode is at Mt. Takao, a mountain I am very familiar with.
I went with two of my friends. This is Sebastian.
There was a small magic show we stopped to watch a bit before climbing.
At the top!
Most Japanese people go to pray during the New Years holiday.
We also had to get our fortunes.