Hina-no-sekku - 雛の節句

In Japan there is no celebration of the Women's Day (which, in my opinion, completely lost its original meaning. There is no sense in celebrating it, but this would be another story). Instead, they celebrate "Doll's Day" (Hina-no-sekku, 雛の節句) on March 3rd.

On this day, families with girls wish their daughters a successful and happy life. Dolls are displayed in the house together with peach blossoms. The doll festival has its origin in a Chinese custom in which bad fortune is transferred to dolls and then removed by abandoning the doll on a river. On Hina Matsuri, sweet sake is drunken and chirashi sushi is eaten.

PS: thank you sam for the beautiful Minosa bonsai.

After the snow...

Tokyo, the snow, Shinjuku' skyscrapers, Waseda University,
Mount Fuji, the blue sky... all in a single shot! ^_^

Night and Day

Night...

...and day ^_^

Fireworks

Fireworks? ^_^

Walking in the snow...

早稲田通り Waseda dori

As seen from...

... in front of my building


... baba kuchi (馬場口)


...my balcony

僕の自転車 - my bike

...it's the one on the right

Still snowing...

...and the city is completely different. ^_^

雪だ！

富士山

White Fuji ^_^

明けましておめでとうございます

Happy new year!

In the picture, the Sunshine City Tower in Ikebukuro (Toshima-ku), Tokyo's 2nd tallest building (225m), with all the lights on for the new year.

Christmas illumination in Shinjuku

^_^ Merry Christmas ^_^

Nishi-waseda - 西早稲田

Nishi Waseda Campus,
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Autumn leaves

The colors of the Autumn as seen near 大久保キャンパス.
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Shinjuku@Sunset

Due to a combination of clear air, smog, sunlight, and so on, the sunset today has this really beautiful color gradient from blue to red. Luckily I had the camera with me! ;-)