New year decorations of pine and bamboo at local shrine

January 7, 2013Culture, Temples and shrinesbamboo, 神社, decoration, entry, 飾り付け, gate, graffiti, local, midnight, Nakano, neighbors, New Year, pine, shrine, simple, strapped, 地元, 中野palmsundae

地元の神社には素敵な新年の飾り付けがあります。今年、写真をもっと上手になりたいので、新しいプロジェクトを探しています。

I love the simple pine and bamboo strapped to the entry gate of my local shrine. This is where we start the new year a few minutes past midnight with the neighbors drinking amezake and enjoying a small fire. Even the graffiti is cute. This new year, I will try to improve my photography, and seek a greater capacity for identifying the path of least resistance.