A major Buddhist temple in Chiba Prefecture has undergone a year-end cleaning ahead of receiving millions of worshippers on the New Year.
The traditional event began at Naritasan-Shinshoji Temple before dawn on Sunday.
About 800 Buddhist priests and staff swept dust from Buddha statues and cleaned altar fittings in the main hall.
Hand-made bamboo brooms about 8 meters long were used to clean points near the ceiling.
The event ended by sweeping the floor of the main hall covered with 300 tatami mats, an area of about 500 square meters.
The New Year preparation will be completed by decorating the temple with sacred straw ropes on December 25th.
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