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Nishinomiya Shinto shrine at Shogatsu, New Year. People crowding around the purification basin, te-mizuya, before going into the shrine.
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Location: Nishinomiya shrine, Japan
Photo credit: © Malcolm Fairman / Alamy / Afripics
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