Year of Rat in 2020

Year of Rat in 2020

"Miko" shrine attendants polish a giant votive tablet with an illustration of three rats at the Kumano Nachi Taisha shrine in Nachikatsuura, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Dec. 19, 2019, ahead of the start of 2020, the Year of Rat in the oriental zodiac. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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