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Wild boar ahead

People fill the Nakamise-dori shopping strip leading to Sensoji temple in the Asakusa district of Tokyo on Tuesday, where a giant ema, a traditional Shinto plaque, with an illustration of wild boar — next year's Chinese zodiac sign — is displayed. | YOSHIAKI MIURA

People fill the Nakamise-dori shopping strip leading to Sensoji temple in the Asakusa district of Tokyo on Tuesday, where a giant ema, a traditional Shinto plaque, with an illustration of wild boar — next year's Chinese zodiac sign — is displayed. | YOSHIAKI MIURA

Yoshiaki Miura

Dec 26, 2018

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