Year-end cleaning at historic public bathhouse in western Japan

Year-end cleaning at historic public bathhouse in western Japan

Volunteers are involved in the "susuharai" end-of-year clean up ritual at the public bathhouse Dogo Onsen main hall, a nationally designated important cultural property, in the western Japan city of Matsuyama on Dec. 6, 2016. The hot spring forms the setting of popular Japanese novel "Botchan" by Natsume Soseki. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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