Some items of interest out at the Portland Japanese Garden in Portland Oregon.
Top left: the item in the Tokonoma is called a Sumikazari. Three charcoal logs for the first tea ceremony of the new year.
Top right: Traditional new years toys, paddles and shuttlecock for playing hanetsuki, and koma, spinning tops.
Bottom left: Kagami Mochi. A traditional New Year's display.
Bottom right: The lower gate at the garden as you enter the grounds onto which a shimenawa has been affixed. Placing items such as this on an entryway of a home, or in this case, a garden, transforms the entryway into a portal of good fortune and protection. The Portland Japanese Garden has Matsukazari, Shime Kazari, and Shimenawa festooning the garden in a verity of locations.
The garden also offers Mizuhiki wreaths for sale in their gift shop while they last. This years wreaths were extra nice.
I chose to frame the wreath I got in a shadowbox to protect it.