初詣

初詣 (hot sue mow day) is the first trip to a temple or shrine in the new year. This year, we went to Omiwa shrine again, since it's about a mile away from Yuko's house. It's the oldest temple in Japan or something like that. There are tons of food shops, etc, along the road to the shrine. Everybody goes to throw coins in the box in front of the temple, and to pull omikuji. This year, both me and Yuko got kichi. Thousands of people go, the traffic sucks, and it's cold, but nonetheless rockin'.