Monday, January 10, 2022

Hatsmode at Terukuni Jinga, Jan. 9, 2022




I went to Terukuni on Sunday.



They had the normal yatai shops (this one for okonomiyaki on a stick), but very few customers lined up. The hot dogs on a stick seemed to be the only popular item this time.



Crowds are down this year, too.



Emma plaques for writing your wish for the year.



Design one.



Design two.



If you get a bad fortune, tie it up here to protect yourself against it.



Things have been pretty quiet this year. Tenmonkan didn't have their annual mochi pounding at all, that I could see. And neither Tenmonkan nor Terukuni did their traditional "soybean and candy tossing for good fortune." I was planning on avoiding the big crowds for these activities, but was still a little surprised that they didn't seem to be happening at all. Maybe there's a city-wide crackdown because of fears of an Omicron surge.





"Three lines, no waiting..."

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