Happy Year 2009 !

Watching sun rise on the 1st of January is a traditional way to start a new year in Japan based on the concept of a national religion "Shintoism" that regards the sun the highest divinity.
Although it has been many years that the sky was overcasted with haze,partikularly around bigger cities,therefore difficult to have a sight of an actual shape of the sun ,today, at 6:51AM, right on time according to the weater focast,it showed up radiating phenomenal lights and warmth..