Wednesday, January 5, 2011

New Year's Grand Shrine visit 初詣 Hatsumode

HONGU GRAND SHRINE, Tanabe City, Wakayama Pref., Japan -
The family poses in front of the three grand shrines of the Kumano area, Kumano Hongu Taisha on January 5, for our official New Year's shrinal visit.
My son, Alex, purchased a fortune lot for 200 yen which told him this year would be extremely good for him (大吉)!
The shrine reported 315,000 people had visited just over the New Year's holiday. Luckily, we arrived after the rush although they were still very busy!

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