Shrines....

Posted by Japanalia (Yokohama, Japan) on 4 January 2008 in Lifestyle & Culture and Portfolio.

....and temples have a busy time at the beginning of the New Year. Japanese go in hordes to visit and pray at these holy places for a variety of reasons: health, happiness, success in business, academic success,getting children and so on.It is a tradition that makes the New Year one of the most important holidays in the Japanese calendar.

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