Ochobo Inari Hatsumode, 2011 Jan. 02 visit to Ochobo Shrine

At the main Shrine of Ochobo Inari, we arrived early this year's visit,

 there are still very few worshipers around...

At the back side of the Ochobo Inari Shrine...

The store where we buy lucky charm every year.

Betty's pics...

this is me,... this morning temperature is zero degrees and this is the first snowfall in our location. I am    at Jusco Kirio Dept. Store, Kisogawa Town, Ichinomiya City, Japan.  Snowfall did not last long and all snow were gone when we finish shopping.

2010.12.31, first snowfall in Ichinomiya City, Japan

taken at home

taken in Inazawa

Ise Jingu- Mie Prefecture, Japan



The entrance of Ise Jingu, arrived early,  no tourist yet...




The other end of the entrance





The Matsu Tree inside the Ise Shrine... very beautiful!





The carps inside Ise shrine garden... really big fishes!





Japanese rice wines



another wooden bridge inside Ise Shrine, newly renovated and smells like incense..



big trees are wrap like this...



where they worship, ordinary people up to here only...



the time we finished the visit, see the flocks of visitors...



Betty's random shots



don't disturb!



give me ... chodai!



like my eyebrows?

  

I am full....



what's that?



flash !

no camera pls !



hey!



my pet

Let me introduce my pet, Betty. 
The picture here was her first day with us.
A bowl of milk, her welcome drink.
She is standing for it,..  it's her first lesson from hubby.
She is a mongrel, now 13 yrs old, weight 27 kgs and still single.
We got Betty from a "sato oya sagashi fair" at Kagamihara City, Gifu.
It is an animal adoption fair held during the opening of the Kagamihara Aeronautical Museum.