During the first three days of the year, visiting Shinto shrines or Buddhist temples , so called "Hatsumoude" is a typical activity in Japan.
Some shrines or temples have a bell, used to announce the time, and the bell was rung one hundred and eight (108) times in the midnight of the last day of the year.
The each sound of bell would remove the carnal desires, lusts, desperations, greed from those who wish the peace in their minds.
Many people offer the pictorial tablets with their prayers and wishes by hanging them.
After people read the fortune telling slips, they tie them up like this way in the picture below.
The picture below is one of common decorations for the new year period, so called "Kadomatsu", traditionally it will be decorated until 15th of January or usually 7th of January in business customs.
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