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The Japan News/Yomiuri
The Japan News/Yomiuri
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The Yomiuri Shimbun

Ritual cleansing

(Credit: The Yomiuri Shimbun)

Workers dust under the eaves of the Great Main Hall of Naritasan Shinshoji temple in Narita, Chiba Prefecture, on Thursday. Called susu-harai, the yearend dusting took place once a senior temple priest began the goma fire ritual just before 5 a.m. About 40 workers and priests dusted using bamboo about 10 meters tall. About 3 million visitors are expected at the temple over the first three days of the New Year.

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