kansai sukiyanen!

Kasuga shrine

× 10 × shinto × shrine × kasuga × nara × japan × kansai

× × nara × japan × kansai × todaiji × shika × deer × buddha

× 3 × oji × nara × japan × kansai × train × JR × japan rail × densha

Sustenance during busy weeks.

Family dinner.

× 3 × japan × kansai × ryori × food

× 4 × osaka × japan × kansai × itami

× 3 × osaka × kansai × japan

× × Kinosaki × Hyogo × Japan

Hatsumode/first shrine visit of the New Year, Kasuga taisha, Nara, Japan.

× × nara × japan × kasuga × kansai

New Year’s Day: dumb TV, endless tea and mochi with the family. Relaxing for the first time since I got here in August.

× 1 × Japan × New Year's

× × kinosaki × Hyogo × japan × onsen

× 3 × Kinosaki × Hyogo × japan × crab

Train ride to Kinosaki
Hyogo

× 1 × Japan × Train × JR × densha × Hyogo × Kinosaki

× 3 × Nara × Japan × Kansai × Todai-ji × Temple × Buddhism

Kinosaki

× 5 × Kinosaki × Hyogo × Japan