Wednesday 31 December 2008

良いお年を

良いお年を everyone! (Yoi otoshi o).
This is the expression people say to each other in Japan as the end of the year approaches but you can't use it after 31st December. From 1st January people then say '明けましておめでとう' (Akemashite omedetou) but I'll leave that til tomorrow :)

These berries are from grasses growing in my front garden. They're extremely purple in colour but this photo makes them look blue for some reason. Anyway, they're quite pretty until they start to fall off and people squish purple coloured mush all over the path. Got to love that about nature.

良いお年を!

6 comments:

  1. You're right. Very blue on screen. There was a story on ABC radio as I was driving to work this morning about the general drunken nature of people on the trains at this time of year. They gave them a name - can't remember what it was. Interesting cultural new year story.

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    happy new year!

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