Japanese new year, shogatsu. Shrine Maiden, Miko, with headdress of flowers, performing part of a blessing ceremony at the Ikuta Shinto shrine in Kobe

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Japanese new year, shogatsu. Shrine Maiden, Miko, with headdress of flowers, performing part of a blessing ceremony at the Ikuta Shinto shrine in Kobe.

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Size: 3555px × 5333px
Location: Ikuta shrine, Kobe, Japan.
Photo credit: © Malcolm Fairman / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: ceremony, female, haori, hatsumode, headdress, ikuta, japanese, maiden, miko, performing, performs, religious, ritual, robe, shinto, shogatsu, shrine, woman, year