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Well, I am only in Japan for a year but I'm really wary of traveling on the New Year's Day. One of my friends even told me that I should get a hotel room near the shrine I want to go to because the trains will be packed. Err, so I guess I'd like to find another nice but not so popular shrine to visit. Depending on how I feel I could still go though.

I've been to Meiji jingu and the thought of 1 million people jamming into those paths and the actual temple is a little frightening. But I'll definitly consider it if I can't find something else. Staying at home on new years would probably be even worse than risking Meiji-Jingu.