Happy New Year

To see in the new year Kyoko and I went to her mum's in Toyama prefecture. Where she lives used to be called Shin Minato until a few months ago, but now it's merged with a few of its neighbours and is called Imizu. It's a port on the Sea of Japan, and as you can see from the photo, it gets a bit chilly in winter. Being something of a 'hare-otoko' (someone who takes good weather wherever they go), we had sunshine for two days on the trot, which is almost unheard of in these parts.