Year-end cleanup at western Japan shrine

Year-end cleanup at western Japan shrine

Priests sweep away dust during the "susuharai" year-end cleanup on Dec. 20, 2020, at Izumo Taisha shrine in Shimane Prefecture, western Japan.

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