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Preparations for 2026 Year of Horse

NACHIKATSUURA, Japan, Dec. 26 Kyodo - A giant "ema" votive plaque bearing an illustration of a horse is put up at Kumano Nachi Taisha shrine in Nachikatsuura in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Dec. 15, 2025, ahead of the start of the Year of the Horse in 2026. (Kyodo)

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Preparations for 2026 Year of Horse

A giant "ema" votive plaque bearing an illustration of a horse is put up at Kumano Nachi Taisha shrine in Nachikatsuura in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Dec. 15, 2025, ahead of the start of the Year of the Horse in 2026.

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Preparations for 2026 Year of Horse

A giant "ema" votive plaque bearing an illustration of a horse is put up at Kumano Nachi Taisha shrine in Nachikatsuura in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Dec. 15, 2025, ahead of the start of the Year of the Horse in 2026.

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Preparations for 2026 Year of Horse

A giant "ema" votive plaque bearing an illustration of a horse is put up at Kumano Nachi Taisha shrine in Nachikatsuura in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Dec. 15, 2025, ahead of the start of the Year of the Horse in 2026.

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Preparations for 2026 Year of Horse

A giant "ema" votive plaque (R) bearing an illustration of a horse, next year's Chinese zodiac sign, stands at World Heritage-listed Niukanshobu shrine in Kudoyama in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Dec. 7, 2025, replacing an older plaque (L) with an illustration of a snake, the zodiac sign for 2025.

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Preparations for 2025 Year of Snake

A giant "ema" votive plaque bearing an illustration of a snake, the next year's Chinese zodiac sign, stands at a shrine in Kudoyama in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Dec. 1, 2024.

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Giant votive at Fukuoka airport ahead of entrance examination season

Junior high school students hang wish tags on a giant "ema" votive plaque bearing a phrase reading "congratulations for passing your entrance exams" set up at Fukuoka airport in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, on Dec. 22, 2023, ahead of the New Year.

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Giant votive plaque at western Japan shrine

A giant "ema" votive plaque bearing an illustration of a dragon is put up at Kumano Nachi Taisha shrine in Nachikatsuura in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Dec. 15, 2023, ahead of the start of the Year of the Dragon in 2024.

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Giant votive plaque at western Japan shrine

A giant "ema" votive plaque bearing an illustration of a dragon is put up at Kumano Nachi Taisha shrine in Nachikatsuura in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Dec. 15, 2023, ahead of the start of the Year of the Dragon in 2024

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Giant votive plaque at western Japan shrine

A giant "ema" votive plaque bearing an illustration of a dragon is put up at Kumano Nachi Taisha shrine in Nachikatsuura in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Dec. 15, 2023, ahead of the start of the Year of the Dragon in 2024.

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Giant votive at western Japan shrine

Photo taken on Dec. 15, 2022, at Kumanonachi Taisha shrine in Nachikatsuura in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, shows a giant "ema" votive plaque bearing an illustration of rabbits, the next year's Chinese zodiac sign.

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Preparations for 2023 Year of Rabbit

A giant "ema" votive plaque bearing an illustration of rabbits, the next year's Chinese zodiac sign, stands at Niu Kanshobu shrine in Kudoyama in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Dec. 4, 2022.

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Preparations for 2023 Year of Rabbit

A giant "ema" votive plaque bearing an illustration of rabbits, the next year's Chinese zodiac sign, stands at Niu Kanshobu shrine in Kudoyama in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Dec. 4, 2022.

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New coronavirus

Photo taken at Kyoto's Yasaka Shrine in western Japan on April 18, 2020, shows an "ema" wooden votive plaque with a message praying for the early cessation of the coronavirus pandemic as Japan is under a nationwide state of emergency. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo