People Prepare For The New Year In Tokyo

TOKYO - DECEMBER 31: Visitors walk through the Nakamise shopping arcade leading to the Sensoji Temple, while a wooden plaque featuring a picture of an ox to celebrate the 'Year of the Ox' for 2009 is displayed above on December 31, 2008 in the Asakusa neighborhood of Tokyo, Japan. People shop around and visit temples in preparation to celebrate the New Year holidays. (Photo by Kiyoshi Ota/Getty Images)