Prophet of the Way wrote:
> The weather is terribly cold in most of Japan today.  Dangerous flu
> strains are at large.  It might be a good idea to avoid large
> Hatusmoude crowds, proceeding at a snail's pace in the frost.
>
> Some consider visiting a shrine on the night of December 31
> particularly lucky, for it spans two years.
>   As seen in the "Why December 31st" thread, this particular date is
> not set in long tradition.
>
> A good opportunity to try a smaller local shrine.

I'll be at the very small Kitano Jinja in Bunkyo-ku, not far from the Tokyo
Dome.