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Workers busily make baskets with haru-no-nanakusa, or seven kinds of spring plants, at Ueshige Noen, a horticultural company in Edogawa Ward, Tokyo. The herbs and vegetables, such as cicely and shepherd’s purse, are traditionally used for congee that is eaten after the New Year holidays.