Well…That was fun!

In Japan…

There is a cultural practice called “Hatsumode”.
It is the visiting of a Buddhist Temple or Shinto Shrine
at the first of the New Year.

And in Japanese it is written as:

初詣

or

はつもうで　

So…

For Hastumode, we went to Nishinomiya Shine.

Nishinomiya Shrine in Japanese is:
西宮神社

And here is what we saw…

And…

And…

People lining up to buy “Luck Charms” for the new year.
Yeah, we got some too.

Then we enjoyed some 甘酒 !

甘酒 is “amazake” which is a tasty and sweet
“sake”, in fact that is literally the name “sweet sake”.
It is made from rice and “rice koji”.

Good Stuff!

This:

And later we went out of the shrine and through the streets to
the SAKAGURA DORI RENGAKAN!

That’s:
酒蔵通り煉瓦館

It’s the brewery, with fun things to do, see eat and buy there.
We bought some munchies and brew.

One with gold flakes in it.

Wild!

And quite tasty!

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