Cedar tree decorations mark year's new sake brewing

OSAKA, Japan - Balls made from cedar trees hanging under the eaves of distillers and houses mark the brewing of this year's new sake in Kawachinagano, Osaka Prefecture, after a ceremony to celebrate the first squeezing of sake from brewed rice this season on Nov. 25, 2010.

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