
The Yomiuri Shimbun
14:22 JST, January 11, 2022
Visitors watch at a New Year’s ritual sagicho bonfire at Osu Kannon temple in Nagoya on Monday. Participants prayed for a peaceful year as the fire consumed traditional ornaments brought by visitors, including kadomatsu gateway decorations, shimenawa ceremonial ropes, and amulets, talismans and gomaki wood sticks. A priest lit the fire from this year’s lucky direction — north-northwest — as other priests recited Buddhist sutras.
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