New Year in Japan means it's time for 'hatsumode', which when people visit their local shrine to pray for good things to come in the new year. I decided to check out Arai Yakushi in Nakano-ku on January 2nd to see what was going on. As you can imagine, it was packed, so much so that the queue was out of the gate and a full block down the street. I couldn't be bothered to wait my turn that day ~ maybe I'll go some other time in the coming days.
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