Western Japan shrine ritual

Western Japan shrine ritual

A demon holds a crying child during a traditional ritual to pray for a good rice harvest at Shiide Itsukushima Jinja, a Shinto shrine, in the western Japan town of Kudoyama, Wakayama Prefecture, on Aug. 16, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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