Happy New Year 2019!
Happy New Year 2019! 明けましておめでとうございます!
2018 brought us some new faces and returning practitioners. We again had an excellent summer seminar and a very productive gasshuku. We look forward to all that 2019 brings!
This is a shrine that has been in Itoh sensei’s family since before WWII. You can see the shrine is hand-made, and has been used frequently by his family. The shrine has two small doors which open into a small nook which can hold whatever you wish to have in the shrine, in this case a simple mirror inside a bag (which you cannot see in the image).
This is an ornamental dish given to Itoh sensei by the CIA in gratitude.
![Black and white emblem, or mon, of the Zen Nippon Iaido Renmei](http://www.iaido.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/znir_mon_150x150.png)
![A blue circle enveloping a blue maple leaf with Japanese and English text saying Canadian Iaido Association.](http://www.iaido.ca/wp-content/themes/iaido/images/big_crest.png)
![Black and white emblem of Muso Jikiden Eishin Ryu](http://www.iaido.ca/wp-content/themes/iaido/images/znir_mon.png)