The first day of the new year is called “元旦”, pronounced ‘gan-tan’, in Japanese and it means the origin and the morning. Interestingly, the second kanji character consists of “日” (the sun or day) and “一” (one or the horizon) then it is said that it means the first morning.
New floral stems of cherry blossoms are already comming up and it would be the right time to start new things.
In response to the weekly photo challenge, New by The Daily Post.
l'atelier tanu | tagnoue 
日本のお正月、懐かしいです。
ここ関東も少し雪がちらつきましたが、まずまずの天気でした。