'Mochitsuki' (pounding mochi), Japanese traditional practice to commemorate the New Year at Zojoji Temple, Tokyo, Japan.

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5066 x 3583 px | 42.9 x 30.3 cm | 16.9 x 11.9 inches | 300dpi

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1 January 2017

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Zojoji Temple, Tokyo, Japan

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Mochitsuki is an annual New Year’s ritual In Japan. Young men in hachimaki headbands took turns with a wooden mallet, or kine, pounding on a sticky mass of rice placed in a large mortar, or usu.

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