Photos posted in December 2022

Beyond the magnificent wooden gate, the main hall of Shibamata Taishakuten could be seen

Mini Doctor Yellow running in Niijuku Traffic Park is popular among children

The traffic lights on the Nakagawa Bridge floated in the blue sky

Among the stalls, of course, there was one selling Japanese Sponge Cake

Countless water flutes were on display at a stall selling water flutes

The door of the Kagura hall at Otori Shrine was open, and a kagura dedication was being performed

Visitors were arriving at the Okusawa Shrine, which was thickly covered with trees, in droves

Red and white lanterns floated in the half-sunlit alley

I looked into a show window in Jiyugaoka and saw a reflection of the town

A woman with a parasol was walking along the approach to the elongated Jiyugaoka Kumano Shrine

Yakumo Hikawa Shrine, standing in a residential area, was attracting a steady stream of worshippers

A silhouette wandered through the open old Japanese house

Large print of Robert Doisneau's ‘Kiss by the Hotel de Ville’ on the exterior wall of the Tokyo Photographic Art Museum

A woman standing under a willow tree took a photo of the national treasure, the keep of Matsumoto Castle

The gallery walls were covered with pictures of snow globes with black snow dancing on them

A mother with an umbrella was pushing a stroller across a wide crosswalk

A large arched arcade in the center of the East Wing of Keio University's Mita Campus