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18 February 2016:

Hatsumode - the practice of visiting a shrine or a temple during the new year in Japan to pray for good health, peace and prosperity for the year.  Here, we visited the Ohishi shrine in Ako City, Hyogo prefecture in Japan. A total of 170,000 people visited this shrine on the 1st of January alone. 

CAMERA: Sony RX 100 M3, FOCAL LENGTH: 24mm, EXPOSURE: 1/800 at f/8, ISO: 320