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Kamakura, near Tokyo, at the New Year festival. Police watching
the crowd. The visit to the temple, on the first of January, is one of
the most important occasions of the year, and the huge crowds are carefully
surveyed. Celebrants, many in traditional dress, carry the hamaya,
the white feathered arrow which wards off misfortune.
