If you happen to visit Kyoto, I recommend going to Kyoto National Museum.
Besides swords exhibition which draws a lot of crowd and monkey paintings that fits the monkey year theme, some Buddha status are really amazing:
Kanji of the Year
Photo taken during a visit to KiyomizuDera (清水寺）。
Every year, a Kanji Character is selected to represent the year that ended.
For 2015, it was 安, which means safety and represent the safety uncertainties and terror in 2015.
Thinking more about it, there is no real meaning to this Kanji of the year, but it is a nice tradition and something to discuss in the news and Friends.
Let’s hope for a Safe 2016.
