Shinto priests prepare for New Year's Day

Shinto priests prepare for New Year's Day

Shinto priests replace straw-and-paper decorations with new ones at the top of the 133-meter-high Nachi Falls at Katsuura in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan on Dec. 27 to prepare for New Year's Day. The falls of the Kumano Nachi Shrine are in the Yoshino-Kumano National Park.

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