Winter in Tokyo by yuichi yokota temple

FFF – Winter in Tokyo by Yuichi Yokota and CNY parties

February 16, 2018

Happy Fun, Free Friday lovelies!

Winter in Tokyo by Yuichi Yokota

I haven’t experienced winter in a whole year.  While I grew up enduring sometimes debilitatingly cold conditions, I haven’t had to experience anything below freezing in a while.  Since we were stuck in upstate NY last year during a snowstorm, I feel like I had my fill for quite a while.  But it is always lovely actually witnessing and taking part in the first snow of the season.  If it’s quite a brutal storm, it can last a while.  But it makes you appreciate the forces of nature.  That and snow days can be quite nice. I saw these pictures of winter in Tokyo by Yuichi Yokota and was fascinated by both the location (traditional and modern architecture) and cultural behaviors (umbrellas are key and kimonos will still be worn!) Here are a few favorite pictures.

Winter in Tokyo by yuichi yokota crowd in front of temple

Winter in Tokyo by yuichi yokota kimono Winter in Tokyo by yuichi yokota street intersection Winter in Tokyo by yuichi yokota temple Winter in Tokyo by yuichi yokota walk between temples

Otherwise, this weekend I am…

…celebrating Lunar New Year/Chinese New Year/CNY!  It’s a big holiday here since so much of the population is ethnically Chinese.  We will be attending a big party in our little expat community.  We are also hosting a smaller party at home and inviting a few families over.  It should be fun and crazy. Here’s to hoping we make it through the evening in one piece and there aren’t too many tears! #girlsaresuchdramaqueens

What are you up to this weekend?

Have a lovely weekend!

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  • Lena L February 16, 2018 at 10:57

    Thanks for sharing these beautiful pictures – This set of photos almost(!) miss the winter. It is still cold here but I can tell the wind is softer now.

    Happy new year to you and your family! <3

    • Lena L February 16, 2018 at 10:58

      *almost makes me miss* ;p

  • Shireen L. Platt February 16, 2018 at 11:51

    This year I am really home sick and have been since a week ago. I miss the crazy CNY preparations and celebrations so I have been cooking a lot of Chinese food. Today I’m making a simple noodles soup, just to warm the soul.

    Shireen⎜Reflection of Sanity

  • A Very Sweet Blog February 16, 2018 at 15:33

    Happy Chinese New Year! I love your plans! Have a great time!

    I have Singapore entered into my Weather App and I’m always amazed at the temperatures there! You guys have such Great weather. We haven’t had much winter, but it was cold for about a week. At least what we consider cold. HaHaHa

    http://www.averysweetblog.com/

  • sonia // daring coco February 16, 2018 at 20:52

    happy Chinese New Year to you and your family! I wish I could experience snow. It never snows here in Australia and I always find myself mesmerised by winter photos of everyone up in the Northern Hemisphere.

    Sxx
    daringcoco.com

  • Mica February 18, 2018 at 16:54

    Happy new year! 🙂

    It never snows here in Brisbane so I loved the snow pics 🙂

    Hope you had a great weekend. celebrating the new year. The heatwave continued here unfortunately, so it was another fairly quiet and aircon filled weekend for us!

    Away From The Blue Blog

  • Rowena @ rolala loves February 18, 2018 at 20:02

    Happy CNY to you and your family!!!! The festivities must be so fun in Asia!

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