Budding Barley in the Snow Yukiwatarite Mugi Nobiru, one of the "72 climates" of the solar year. This one, like the previous entry, corresponds to about Dec. 27 - Jan. 4, mid-winter, when barley shoots start emerging under the snow.

Yes, the New Year's Eve assembly reached a stopping point.

I'll take it warm, please!

Listening to the tolling of the bell like this, you really get a sense it's the end of the year...

Let's stay up late tonight.

Wonder what we should do...

...eh...