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New Year's Decorative Offering (to God, in Shinto). A fan on top; a citrus (plastic); two mochis (rice cakes); ornamental knot (in front of mochi); clean paper with "Blessing" character; red and white paper to dispel evil spirits. We keep this until January 11th, and then we eat mochis.

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