By SHOHEI OKADA/ Staff Writer
December 23, 2019 at 18:50 JST
Katsue Sakuma, center, offers water she drew in Kunigami from a container wrapped in a cloth at Enkakuji temple at Shuri-jo Castle Park in Okinawa Prefecture on Dec. 22. (Shohei Okada)
NAHA--Okinawans made sure a centuries-old tradition to deliver sacred water to Shuri-jo castle for New Year’s Day ceremonies went ahead here on Dec. 22. [Read More]
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