The document summarizes the author's New Year's Day activities in Nara, Japan visiting in-laws in the countryside. It describes eating traditional foods like mochi and ozoni for breakfast. It then details visiting a nearby shrine and hiking up a mountain to Hozanji Temple. Along the way and at the temple, the author describes the crowds, street vendors selling snacks, and their family members enjoying beer, takoyaki, buttered potatoes and other treats to celebrate the new year.