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Sea shrine
Sea shrine
Picture of the Day Jul. 20, 2015 - 03:32PM JST ( 7 )
Sea shrine
AP Photo/Koji Sasahara
Participants carry a portable shrine (“mikoshi”) into the sea during a purification rite at the annual Hamaori Festival in Chigasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Monday. The festival originated from an old story about a shrine that was washed away by a flood and later found by fishermen.
