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"Shimenawa" rope replacement at western Japan shrine

A giant "shimenawa" sacred straw festoon is replaced at World Heritage-listed Kumano Hongu Taisha shrine in the western Japan city of Tanabe, Wakayama Prefecture, on Dec. 1, 2022, ahead of New Year.

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"Shimenawa" rope replacement at western Japan shrine

A giant "shimenawa" sacred straw festoon is replaced at World Heritage-listed Kumano Hongu Taisha shrine in the western Japan city of Tanabe, Wakayama Prefecture, on Dec. 1, 2022, ahead of New Year.

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Shime-kazari,a sacred festoon,and a geisha

A geisha stands under the Shimekazari (rope decoration) dressed as a strolling singer (Torioi onna). Strolling singers collected donations wearing a braided hat and playing the shamisen.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:Ogawa Kazumasa, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number44‐20‐0]

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Shop of simekazari,sacred festoon decoration

The shimenawa is a rope to indicate the holiness of a place, and rope made of hay is twisted leftwards. This is placed in small Shinto altars within the house and also around the house on New Year's to indicate the presence of toshigami (deity welcomed to the household on New Year's for happiness throughout the year). The rope wreath is a simplified version, and is displayed at the gate and entrance of the residence.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number18‐42‐0]

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Shrine in kanazawa

Except for the English captin reading Kanazawa , the location is unckear. There is a shrine by the road, and the stone torii with a sacred Shinto straw festoon decorated with cut paper, stone lanterns on both sides and stone walls are in the photo. To the left rear, the roofs of houses can be seen. It is probably Kanazawa near Yokohama.==Date:unknown, Place:Yokohama, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number14‐32‐0]

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Shimenawa rope replacement at western Japan shrine

A giant "shimenawa" sacred straw festoon is replaced at World Heritage-listed Kumano Hongu Taisha shrine in the western Japan city of Tanabe, Wakayama Prefecture, on Dec. 16, 2019, ahead of New Year. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Shimenawa rope replacement at western Japan shrine

A giant "shimenawa" sacred straw festoon is replaced at World Heritage-listed Kumano Hongu Taisha shrine in the western Japan city of Tanabe, Wakayama Prefecture, on Dec. 16, 2019, ahead of New Year. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Mt. Fuji climbing season begins

A man dressed as a Tengu mountain spirit cuts sacred straw festoon with an ax during a ceremony at Komitake Shrine located at the fifth station on the Yamanashi Prefecture side of Mt. Fuji on July 1, 2019, to pray for safety as the climbing season starts at Japan's tallest mountain. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo