Happy 2010! I ended 2009 with a visit to Senso-ji in Asakusa where we prayed our last prayers of the year. Then there was some amazingly energetic karaoke!
I started 2010 with festivities at Zojo-ji (the temple my friend and I visited a couple days ago) and a spectacular view of Tokyo Tower and friends old and very new! Ended the night at an izakaya in Shinjuku before heading home (all night trains! amazing!). I couldn't have dreamed of a more enjoyable New Year's celebration!
I hope your New Year's was or will be just as much fun!
Please enjoy this video of the countdown!
Thanks for the wonderful video!! Love the countdown, the amazing lights, the thousands of balloons, the sound of the crowd - made me feel like I was there!! Happy New Year!! :-)
ReplyDeleteDitto to what Emmy said. :-)
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FUN! What's cool is that they showed a highlight of New Year's in Tokyo when I was watching Dick Clark's New Years Rockin' Eve last night, and I thought "my cousin is there!!" In fact, I even said it out loud to the friends I was with. :)
ReplyDeleteHow did the crowd know when to start counting? From what I could tell, there wasn't a countdown on the tower itself - perhaps there was a countdown timer somewhere else that people were watching?
Super fun vid, though - especially when the balloons were released. A little sad that you didn't yell "OH MY TERRY RYAN HAPPY NEW YEAR" for me. ;)