Shogatsu, New Year, Nishinomiya Shinto shrine, Japan. Purification basin, chozuya, packed at midnight with people arriving for Hatsumode, first visit.


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Location: Nishinomiya shrine, Nishinomiya, Japan.
Photo credit: © Malcolm Fairman / Alamy / Afripics
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