Ceremony of the First Karuta Card Game Of New Year Held In Kyoto

KYOTO, JAPAN - JANUARY 03: Japanese dressed in Heian Period (794-1192) costumes participate in the 'Karuta Hajime', first ' Karuta' card game of new year, at Yasaka Shrine on January 3, 2015 in Kyoto, Japan. The traditional game is played each year to honour the shrine's deity Susanoo-no-Mikoto, the Shinto god of the sea and storms, who is also believed to have written the first tanka poem. (Photo by The Asahi Shimbun via Getty Images)
KYOTO, JAPAN - JANUARY 03: Japanese dressed in Heian Period (794-1192) costumes participate in the 'Karuta Hajime', first ' Karuta' card game of new year, at Yasaka Shrine on January 3, 2015 in Kyoto, Japan. The traditional game is played each year to honour the shrine's deity Susanoo-no-Mikoto, the Shinto god of the sea and storms, who is also believed to have written the first tanka poem. (Photo by The Asahi Shimbun via Getty Images)
Ceremony of the First Karuta Card Game Of New Year Held In Kyoto
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