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Japanese Kadomatsu decorations are placed strictly outdoors

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You cannot simply expect good fortune to casually wander through your front door without a proper beacon. Japanese households place towering, sharply angled bamboo Kadomatsu arrangements exclusively outside their entrances during the New Year, essentially serving as a very aggressive, spiky landing pad to welcome visiting spirits.

Japanese Kadomatsu decorations are placed strictly outdoors
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