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NEW YEAR'S IN RURAL JAPAN


These pictures were taken in the area surrounding my home in Kyushu, Japan around New Years Day.

A: Typical doorway decoration at New Years B: roadside shrine to ancestors(vase & flowers left by family)

C: Rice straw & dried vegetables hung for good luckD: New Years gifts & display

E: Good luck arrowsF:Inside of Buddhist temple

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