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Collecting sap by tapping tree trunks as part of the production and refinement of Japanese urushi lacquer. (© Jiji; Japan Urushikaki Preservation Society)
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The traditional production of entsuke gold leaf. (© Jiji; Kanazawa Kinpaku Traditional Techniques Preservation Society)
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The Oga no Namahage festival. (© Jiji)
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Hakata Gion yamakasa floats (Courtesy Kusano Seiichirō)
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Cattle plowing at the Mibu no Hana Taue rice-planting ritual. (Courtesy Hiroshima Prefecture)
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A masked dancer leaps while performing the Hayachine Kagura. (Courtesy Iwate Prefecture Tourism Association)
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A bunraku puppet. (Courtesy Ōsawa Hisayoshi)
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