Every year, at the end 
of Christmas, the city enters New Year's mode at once.
Here in the Nihonbashi area, the day after Christmas, Kadomatsu decorations were prepared.
Kadomatsu was originally a New Year's decoration that meant to welcome Toshigami to the house, and since ancient times it was thought that gods dwell on treetops, pine and bamboo have been used.
There are two ways to cut bamboo: "square" ()
cut right next to the bamboo and "sagi" ()
cut diagonally.
In particular, "Sogi" is interesting because there is a "laughing mouth" where the bamboo nodes on the cut surface can be seen as the mouth where people are laughing depending on how they are cut.
In addition, there are many pine decorations ()
that combine bamboo that reaches the second floor with leaves attached and pine trees, and this was also ready.
The difference between pine decorations also made me feel the history of the long-established and company in Nihonbashi, and it was interesting to imagine the history and "Ire" in each of them.
(however, At around 8 o'clock when we left the store, it was full, and another 4,5 pairs were waiting.)
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there were no ships going back and forth between the Sumida River, and the river surface was like a mirror.
