謹賀新年

あけましておめでとうございます。
本年もどうぞよろしくお願いいたします。

本日はお掃除などのため店へ初出勤。
用事で日本橋まで行くと、ビルの谷間が参道の日枝神社がありました。
二年に一度の祭礼には店頭に必ず提灯をあげているのに
お祭りは日曜でほとんどお神輿も見たことがありません。
そうか、うちの店はここの氏子かぁ、と思ってお参り。
場所柄スーツ姿の方が多く、会社一堂で祈祷している方が多いようでした。
少々変わった"上向き狛犬"という、いかにも証券会社の多い街にふさわしい狛犬がいて
運気上昇を祈念して​なでると良いらしいので、撫でてきました。

インスタもブログも長く更新していませんでしたが、
今年はもう少し頻繁に更新を心がけたいと思っております。

Happy New Year!
Thank you for your continued support this year.

Today was my first day at work, where I cleaned and performed other tasks.
I went to Nihonbashi on some errands and found Hie Shrine, with its approach running through the gap between buildings.
Although I always hung a lantern in storefronts during the biannual festival, which is held on a Sunday, I have rarely seen a mikoshi (portable shrine).
I thought, ``Oh, my shop is a parishioner here,'' so I went to pray.
Because of the location, there were lots of people in suits, and it seemed like many company members were praying together.
There were slightly unusual ``upward-facing lion dogs,'' which are fitting for a town with many securities companies.
The signboard says that stroking it for good fortune is good, so I  stroked it.

I haven't updated my Instagram or blog in a while,
but I'd like to try to update more frequently this year.
​(by Google Translate)​