Seasonal Photo Report (Winter, 2007-2008)

from NPO Members and Supporters in the World

Moscow in New Year


New Year Snow in newly developed area of Moscow

2008-01 (C) Julia Stonogina

New Year in a Church, Moscow

2008-01 (C) Julia Stonogina

After Service, Moscow

2008-01 (C) Julia Stonogina

Red Square and GUM Department Store

Skating Rink on Red Square, Moscow

2008-01 (C) Julia Stonogina

Skating Rink on Red Square, Moscow

2008-01 (C) Julia Stonogina

New Year Decoration in GUM, Moscow

2008-01 (C) Julia Stonogina

At a Skating Rink on Red Square, Moscow

2008-01 (C) Julia Stonogina

Suburbs of Moscow

2008-01 (C) Julia Stonogina

Ice-hill , Moscow

2008-01 (C) Julia Stonogina

New Year Decoration on Communications Office Building, Moscow

2008-01 (C) Julia Stonogina

Suburbs of Moscow

NPO InterCoS members and supporters from various places in the world report their Christmas and New Year Season.

Skating Rink on Red Square

For the New Year celebrationis, a skating rink is set up on Red Square.

Moscow

This year there were no snow for long and it was boring, but now it's enough of it and every body is happy. (reported by Ms. Julia Stonogina)

Tokyo in New Year Tradition


Nalkamise Shopping Street, full of people, 340m "long way " to Sensoji Temple, Tokyo

2008-01 (C) Seiji Yoshimoto

Hozomon Gate of Sensoji Temple, Tokyo

2008-01 (C) Seiji Yoshimoto

Sensoji Temple (2 million visitors during the first 3 days of January)


Kannondo (main building) of Sensoji Temple, Tokyo

2008-01 (C) Seiji Yoshimoto

Inside of Kannondo where people pray , Sensoji Temple, Tokyo

2008-01 (C) Seiji Yoshimoto

People waiting for pray , Sensoji Temple, Tokyo

2008-01 (C) Seiji Yoshimoto

People waiting for pray , Sensoji Temple, Tokyo

2008-01 (C) Seiji Yoshimoto

Hozomon Gate and Pagoda, Sensoji Temple, Tokyo

2008-01 (C) Seiji Yoshimoto

Yasukuni Shrine

Shinmon Gate, Yasukuni Shrine, Tokyo

2008-01 (C) Seiji Yoshimoto

Haiden, Yasukuni Shrine, Tokyo

2008-01 (C) Seiji Yoshimoto

Ikebana (flower arrangement) Exhibition, Yasukuni Shrine, Tokyo

2008-01 (C) Seiji Yoshimoto

Yatai (stands) on the way to Yasukuni Shrine, Tokyo

2008-01 (C) Seiji Yoshimoto

Haiden, Yasukuni Shrine, Tokyo

2008-01 (C) Seiji Yoshimoto

Tokyo

As a new year's day's Japanese tradition, people pay visits to temples (Buddhism) and to shrines (Shintoism) pray to the Gods for the happy new year. 

Sensoji Temple

About 2 million people pay visits to Sensoji Temple during the first 3 days of January. The Sensoji Temple and the Nakamise shopping street towards the temple is full of new year visitors. The street is only 340m, but it takes more than an hour to walk through it.

Yasukuni Shrine

Deities those who sacrificed themselves as the foundation stones for the making of modern Japan are worshipped at Yasukuni Shrine.

There are numerous visitors in New Year season, but the atmosphere in this shrine is rather quiet.

Tokyo Christmas/New Year Illuminations


Tokyo Midtown


Shiodome Shiosite



Roppongi Hills and Keyakizaka

Christmas Illumination at Shiodome Shiosite, Tokyo

2007-12 (C) Seiji Yoshimoto

"Kirameki" Illumination,Tokyo Midtown

2007-12 (C) Seiji Yoshimoto

Galleria, Tokyo Midtown

2007-12 (C) Seiji Yoshimoto

Galleria, Tokyo Midtown

2007-12 (C) Seiji Yoshimoto

"Sakuradori" Illumination, Tokyo Midtown

2007-12 (C) Seiji Yoshimoto

"Matataki" Illumination, Tokyo Midtown

2007-12 (C) Seiji Yoshimoto

Roppongi Hills, Tokyo

2007-12 (C) Seiji Yoshimoto

Keyakizaka Illumination, Roppongi Hills, Tokyo

2007-12 (C) Seiji Yoshimoto

Keyakizaka Illumination, Roppongi Hills, Tokyo

2007-12 (C) Seiji Yoshimoto

Keyakizaka Illumination, Roppongi Hills, Tokyo

2007-12 (C) Seiji Yoshimoto

A Dog enjoying Christmas, Roppongi Hills, Tokyo

2007-12 (C) Seiji Yoshimoto

Shinjyuku



Odaiba


Yebisu Garden Place

Hibiya Park


Shinjyuku, Tokyo

2007-12 (C) Seiji Yoshimoto

Shinjyuku Southern Light, Tokyo

2007-12 (C) Seiji Yoshimoto

Shinbashi, Tokyo

2007-12 (C) Seiji Yoshimoto

Central Square, Yebisu Garden Place, Tokyo

2007-12 (C) Seiji Yoshimoto

Baccarat Eternal Lights, Yebisu Garden Place, Tokyo

2007-12 (C) Seiji Yoshimoto

Christmas Illumination at Shiodome Shiosite, Tokyo

2007-12 (C) Seiji Yoshimoto

Christmas Illumination at Shiodome Shiosite, Tokyo

2007-12 (C) Seiji Yoshimoto

Christmas Illumination "Blue Ocean" at Shiodome Shiosite, Tokyo

2007-12 (C) Seiji Yoshimoto

Christmas Illumination "Blue Ocean" at Shiodome Shiosite, Tokyo

2007-12 (C) Seiji Yoshimoto

Tokyo Fantasia 2007, Hibiya Park

2007-12 (C) Seiji Yoshimoto

Tokyo Fantasia 2007, Hibiya Park

2007-12 (C) Seiji Yoshimoto

Tokyo Fantasia 2007, Hibiya Park

2007-12 (C) Seiji Yoshimoto

Tokyo Fantasia 2007, Hibiya Park

2007-12 (C) Seiji Yoshimoto

Odaiba, Tokyo

2007-12 (C) Seiji Yoshimoto

Odaiba, Tokyo

2007-12 (C) Seiji Yoshimoto

Odaiba, Tokyo

2007-12 (C) Seiji Yoshimoto

Odaiba Memorial Tree and Rainbow Bridge, Odaiba, Tokyo

2007-12 (C) Seiji Yoshimoto

Shinjyuku Southern Light, Tokyo

2007-12 (C) Seiji Yoshimoto

Tokyo Christmas/New Year Illuminations

Night in Tokyo is decorated fantastic in Christmas and New Year season with millions of LEDs.

This year's newest fantastic illuminations are seen in:

  • Shiodome Shiosite

  • Tokyo Midtown

  • Hibiya Park


Still the illumination in Roppongi Hills Keyakizaka is the most elegant in Tokyo, and that in Odaiba is the largest.

Keyakizaka Illumination

(Artelligent Christmas)

White and blue LEDs create fantastic "Snowy and Blue" 400 m Keyakizaka street of Roppongi Hills, a newly redeveloped city. It is a unique fashionable area where celebrities and foreigners gather.

Yebisu Garden Place

is one of new cities developed in Yebisu, Tokyo. It consists of a buildings, skyscrapers, and a large array of restaurants and shops, a hotel, offices, residential area and museums.

Shiodome Shiosite

is a new city developed in the east of Shinbashi. It consists of spectacular skyscrapers, shops, restaurants, theaters and hotels.

Blue Ocean Illumination in Shiodome Shiosite

Shiodome literally meaning "place where the tides stop". Shiodome used to be a marshy tideland in the beginning of the Edo Era.

Hibiya Park Tokyo Fantasia 2007

A huge Christmas tree, 42m high, appeared in Hibiya park in Tokyo.

Rainbow Bridge is specially illuminated in seven colors in Christmas and New Year holidays.

Tokyo Midtown

is a new city developed in the Roppongi area in 2007. It is composed of residential area, office space, an art museum, numerous shops, restaurants, cafes and the Ritz-Carlton Tokyo.

Tokyo Midtown first Christmas is dressed up beautifully.


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