Kakizome

are customary to perform the first writing (Kakizome). Traditionally, the first writing was done using ink rubbed with the first water drawn from the well on New Year's Day. Sitting facing an auspicious direction, people wrote Chinese poetry containing auspicious words and phrases. like long life, spring or eternal youth. These poems were then often burned. #calendar #2January #mythology #myth #legend #japan #kakizome