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Giant "shimenawa" straw rope replacement at shrine

A 3-ton "shimenawa" sacred laid straw rope is replaced with a new one at Miyajidake shrine in Fukutsu in Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Dec. 20, 2025, ahead of the New Year.

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Giant "shimenawa" straw rope replacement at shrine

A 3-ton "shimenawa" sacred laid straw rope is replaced with a new one at Miyajidake shrine in Fukutsu in Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Dec. 20, 2025, ahead of the New Year.

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Giant "shimenawa" straw rope replacement at shrine

A 3-ton "shimenawa" sacred laid straw rope is replaced with a new one at Miyajidake shrine in Fukutsu in Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Dec. 20, 2025, ahead of the New Year.

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Giant "shimenawa" straw rope replacement at shrine

A 3-ton "shimenawa" sacred laid straw rope is replaced with a new one at Miyajidake shrine in Fukutsu in Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Dec. 20, 2025, ahead of the New Year.

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Southwestern Japan shrine just before sunset

Photo taken on Feb. 26, 2023, shows an entrance path to Miyajidake shrine in the Fukuoka Prefecture city of Fukutsu, southwestern Japan, just before sunset.

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Young woman works 5 jobs to vitalize town

FUKUOKA, Japan - Photo taken April 19, 2013 shows the Tsuyazaki district of Fukutsu in Fukuoka Prefecture, a scenic fishing town which retains old-style white-walled houses. (Photo by Tatsuya Hagiwara)

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Man collects items washed up on Fukuoka beach

Tadashi Ishii, a 77-year-old former teacher, holds the skull of a sea turtle at his mini private museum in Fukutsu, Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on May 31, 2015. The skull is one of more than 10,000 items he has collected over the past 40 years on the beach facing the Genkai Sea at the southwestern end of the Japan Sea. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Fukuoka police raid office linked to Kobe Yamaguchi-gumi

Members of the Fukuoka prefectural police enter an office associated with the Kobe Yamaguchi-Gumi, a new group split from Japan's largest crime syndicate, the Yamaguchi-gumi, during a raid on Sept. 17, 2015, in Fukutsu, southwestern Japan. It was the first house search executed by the prefectural police on a site associated with the new group. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Fukuoka police raid office linked to Kobe Yamaguchi-gumi

Members of the Fukuoka prefectural police carry away from an office associated with the Kobe Yamaguchi-gumi, a new group split from Japan's largest crime syndicate, the Yamaguchi-gumi, materials they have confiscated during a raid on Sept. 17, 2015, in Fukutsu, southwestern Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo