2009 New Years at Zojo-ji, a Japanese Temple in Tokyo

With the New Year coming up, I thought I'd dredge up some of my unused footage from this year and show how and where I rang in 2009. For those of you in Tokyo this New Years, Zojo-ji Temple in Hamamatsucho is worth a visit as they have lots of activities going on from Buddhist priests chanting, mochi-making, hatsumode (New Years Prayer), hot sake drinking, burning old New Year charms, ringing the huge bell, and selling charms and food.

Here's the first video I did on New Years at Zojo-ji in 2008:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xaQv-92xkgw&fmt=18

Here are some photos of New Years at Zojo-ji:
http://samuraidave.wordpress.com/2008/01/02/new-years-at-a-japanese-temple/

Another place I rang in the New Year in Tokyo was Meiji Shrine:
http://samuraidave.wordpress.com/2006/12/30/new-years-eve-at-a-japanese-shrin...

For crazy New Years activities check out the Namahage, scary devils that scare the laziness out of kids:
http://samuraidave.wordpress.com/2009/03/04/japanese-devils-scare-the-lazines...

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[TheDrunkenCelt]

Do you ever get hated on for bein foreign or nah?

[RoninDave]

not on new years

[dexter21380]

@ShinyHunter45 Sorry to say this, but this is a silly question. There's no point in learning only hiragana or only katakana, they're not difficult to learn anyway.

[ShinyHunter45]

Did you need to know more of Hiragana or Katakana in Tokyo?

[MageThief]

Happy New Year Dave from Sweden

[MicknFumi]

Have a good one man!

[bluesheeft]

haha. it's very... nice!

sounds like you're a little baked already.

And thanks for the inspiration, I might head down to zojoji tonight..

[Shadowdancer21b]

Happy New Year Ronin Dave!

[APOKALYPSE34]

Sake for the new yeah! Hell yeah!

Im having Shochu this year.

Happy New Year Dave! See ya in 2010!

Cheers!

[watcher8o]

Happy New Year, Dave! Have you had sparkling sake? I tried some for the first time and I must say I liked it.

[theuglyninja]

happy new year ronin many thanks for all your vids

[TheDrunkenCelt]

lol, I guess it does bring people together