Kanda Myojin's annual "Shihashiri Grand Purification Ceremony" to open the year 2019
December 31, 2018, Tokyo, Japan - A huge crowd of worshipers throng the forecourt of Tokyo's Kanda Myojin Shinto Shrine, paying their last Making a visit to the shrine on the last day of a year is believed to cleanse the worshiper's spirit dirtied through the year. (Photo by Natsuki Sakai/AFLO) AYF -mis-