Sunday, December 31, 2006

Happy year of the pig

We visited Nezu shrine last night to make prayers for the new year. They had stands of food set up, and lots of pigs for sale, in effigy that is, if by chance you needed one. It was very calm and pleasant standing on the bridge in front of the shrine, holding our sugared sake close for warmth. I almost expected it to snow.

Incidentally, my name in japanese happens to mean "his leaves fall on the stream". If that`s the case, i see it as a call to action to make well sure they`re worth a damn.

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