Happy New Year! May you and your family have a wonderful year!
I am wondering if this is one of the typical flower display for New Year in Japan. The combination looks elegant and neat. :)
Thanks, Ken Loo, Jennifer, Jason, SQ, and MNW! In the Japanese culture, New Year's greetings sound special. So I appreciate your messages.
The image is called "kadomatsu", kado is "gate", and matsu "pine tree", a typical New Year's display placed at the gates. I don't have ones at my home though. They are rarely seen in snowy Hokkaido.
M, omedeto! Getting to know you was one of the great things I had last year. I hope we'll have another exciting year. Pressure? Well, too much. (joking)
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That's cute! It was a nice year in 2002 being able to blog with you. And hopefully we will be able to have a better blogging year.
Happy New Year!
Posted by: Ken Loo | January 1, 2003 10:08 AM
Happy New Year, Kiyo! We'll soon be reaching our one year blogging anniversary, you and I. Hope 2003 is a wonderful year for you.
Posted by: Jennifer | January 1, 2003 10:26 AM
Kiyo-san,
Happy New Year!
-Jason
Posted by: Jason Cha | January 1, 2003 10:43 AM
Happy New Year! May you and your family have a wonderful year!
I am wondering if this is one of the typical flower display for New Year in Japan. The combination looks elegant and neat. :)
Posted by: SQ | January 1, 2003 12:02 PM
Happy New Year, Kiyo! Beautiful flower arrangement.
a fresh start:
the snow's disappeared
with the year
MNW
Posted by: Michael Nickels-Wisdom | January 2, 2003 1:46 AM
Thanks, Ken Loo, Jennifer, Jason, SQ, and MNW! In the Japanese culture, New Year's greetings sound special. So I appreciate your messages.
The image is called "kadomatsu", kado is "gate", and matsu "pine tree", a typical New Year's display placed at the gates. I don't have ones at my home though. They are rarely seen in snowy Hokkaido.
Posted by: Kiyo | January 2, 2003 10:46 PM
akemashite omedetou gozaimasu.
I'm looking forward to another interesting year in our correspondence. No pressure, eh?!?
Posted by: M | January 3, 2003 12:44 AM
M, omedeto! Getting to know you was one of the great things I had last year. I hope we'll have another exciting year. Pressure? Well, too much. (joking)
Posted by: Kiyo | January 3, 2003 10:09 AM