Japan, Kobe, Ikuta shrine. New Year. People buying omikuji, paper fortune slips, from teenage shrine maidens, Miko, at the shrine counter during their Hatsumode, first visit of the new year. In the back ground is the main vermillion gate to the shrine.

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Size: 5472px × 3648px
Location: Ikuta Shrine, Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan
Photo credit: © Malcolm Fairman / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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