初はつ旅たび

noun

first trip of the year

Refers to the first journey or travel undertaken in the new year, often with a sense of freshness or auspiciousness.

• 正しょう月がつに初はつ旅たびに出でかける家か族ぞくが多おおい。

  Many families go on their first trip of the year during the New Year holidays.

• 今年ことしの初はつ旅たびは京きょう都とに決きめた。

  I decided on Kyoto for my first trip of the year.