We joined an impromptu group of our neighbors in the park to see the 2008 hatsuhinode (first sunrise of the year).
Our picnic of hot chocolate, cheese, bread, and nuts.
More and more people arrived in the park—families with children, women and men in groups, people walking their dogs, men with bitchin’ cameras—until 6:56 a.m., when the sun finally peeked over the hill.
Happy New Year from the land of the rising sun.
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January 5, 2008 at 8:13 am
Rebecca
Happy New Year! I have a love/hate relationship with sunrise events. The idea of it always sounds great, and I’ve enjoyed the ones I’ve done, but sloth usually keeps me in bed. It does seem a great way to welcome a new year, though. I guess I always had assume that “land of the rising sun” was just a western view of Japan, but wiki tells me I’m wrong. Thanks for the great pictures.
January 5, 2008 at 8:39 am
You, madam, are no Sei Shonagon
We only had to walk about 200 yards to get to this park and set up shop. Some Japanese drive out to a remote spot in Chiba and camp to see the very first sunrise in all of Japan.
The very first Japanese sunrise is seen here: Choshi City
January 6, 2008 at 4:27 pm
dragonlife
Poor Hubby seems frozen!
LOL
Happy New Year!
Robert-Gilles