Paul Hartrick » Japan. 熊野大社 http://paulhartrick.com -have the courage to live your own life- Wed, 09 Sep 2009 23:32:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Kumano Shrine – January 1st 2009 – 元旦 http://paulhartrick.com/kumano-shrine-january-1st-2009-%e5%85%83%e6%97%a6 http://paulhartrick.com/kumano-shrine-january-1st-2009-%e5%85%83%e6%97%a6#comments Sat, 03 Jan 2009 07:57:23 +0000 -Paul http://paulhartrick.com/?p=784 I took this Video on the first day of the year 2009 at Kumano Shrine, Matsue City, Shimane Prefecture, Japan.
The 1st day of the year is called Gantan in Japanese (元旦). I won’t bore you with a Wikipedia extract of Kumano Shrine, as you are able to read this I am sure you can look it up yourself if you are interested.

It was cold, raining, snowing, I stepped into a pool of water up to my knee with my new cowboy boots on, I had Shrimp Curry for lunch, and the day ended in too many Beers, Hiroshima style Okonomiyaki, Karaoke  and a Pillow full of rocks.. pretty standard Japanese new year.

明けましておめでとうございます。今年もよろしくお願いしま


Kumano Shrine – January 1st 2009 – 元旦 from Paul Hartrick on Vimeo.

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