どんど焼き/ Dondo-yaki

新年はどんど焼きでスタートしました。
地域の催しで、お正月用のしめ縄飾りやお守りなどを一緒に燃やしてもらいました。
お正月に出迎えた歳神様を炎と一緒に見送る意味があるそうです。
今年も皆が健康で穏やかな一年を過ごせることを願います。

New year started with Dondo-yaki, which is a local event usually performed everywhere in Japan, meaning to see off the Toshigami (one of the gods in the Japanese myth), who we greeted for the new year’s day with the new year wreath, by burning the wreath.
We attended the event and had the wreathes burn with neighbors. Hope everyone has a healthy and peaceful year.