Thousands of workers pray for business prosperity in Japan
Thousands of Japanese businessmen and women have gathered at Tokyo's Kanda Myoujin shrine to pray for a successful year.
The tradition of visiting the shrine for prayers on the first official work-day of the year involves tossing money into a donation box, bowing two times and then clapping twice to symbolise waking up the gods of business and commerce.
Heather Sharp reports.
04 Jan 2012
- From the section Asia