Good Form

Setsubun is on 3 February, and the family spent the day at Zojoji Temple near the Tokyo Tower. We missed getting to the stage to see the first round of tarento, oni and mame throwing. By the time we got close enough to the stage, the oni were driven away and the mame throwing was almost over. I'm sure there must have been only the second or third tier tarento remaining. This lovely lady in a kimono must be some Japanese tarento. She had great form throwing out treats.

Nikon D700 with Nikon 80-200mm f/2.8D ED AF @ 200 mm, f4.0, ISO 200, 1/2000 sec.

Nikon D700 with Nikon 80-200mm f/2.8D ED AF @ 200 mm, f4.0, ISO 200, 1/2000 sec.

First Shrine Visit 2012 at Zōjō-ji

Although I was at Sensō-ji at midnight for New Years, we did not join the queue to make our first shrine or temple visit of the year there.  For hatsumōde, we drove south to Zōjō-ji Temple at the base of Tokyo Tower.

By the time we got there after 1 a.m.  the crowd was already thinning, and we were able to join the queue and enter the shrine in about 15-minutes.