Japanese new year, shogatsu. Two shrine maidens, miko, performing a blessing ceremony with people seated inside the Honden at the Ikuta shrine in Kobe

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Japanese new year, shogatsu. Two shrine maidens, miko, performing a blessing ceremony with people seated inside the Honden at the Ikuta shrine in Kobe.

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Size: 5153px × 3435px
Location: Ikuta shrine, Kobe, Japan
Photo credit: © Malcolm Fairman / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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Keywords: blesses, blessing, ceremony, honden, ikuta, japanese, kannushi, maidens, miko, people, performing, performs, religious, ritual, shinshoku, shinto, shogatsu, shrine, year