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The entrance to Kasugajinja Shrine near Keio University Mita campus in Tokyo on Thursday afternoon.

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Uh, is there any story here, JT?

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"is there any story here, JT?"

Yes. Kasugajinja (春日神社) literally means Kasuga Shrine therefore "Kasugajinja Shrine" is an tautology... :-)

http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/tautology

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@ranger June 30 is Nagoshi no harae (summer purification ceremony) and this 'wreath' is part of it. I don't know much more about it

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