New Year offering at Kyoto shrine

New Year offering at Kyoto shrine

Bank employees count money offerings made during the first three days of 2018 at the Fushimi Inari Taisha, a famous shrine in Kyoto, on Jan. 4, 2018. It is a Japanese custom at the start of a new year to visit a shrine and make an offering. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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