New "shimenawa" straw rope for New Year

New "shimenawa" straw rope for New Year

Visitors to Omiwa Shrine in Sakurai, Nara Prefecture, western Japan, replace a 400-kilogram "shimenawa," lengths of laid straw rope, with a new one ahead of the New Year.

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