Large tuna offered at Nishinomiya Shrine

NISHINOMIYA, Japan - Fathers and children put coins on a large tuna -- 255 centimeters long and 295 kilogram in weight -- on Jan. 8 to pray for the recovery of the Japanese economy at Nishinomiya Shrine which enshrines a god of business prosperity.

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