Giant reclining Buddha statue in southwest Japan squeaky clean once more

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Giant reclining Buddha statue in southwest Japan squeaky clean once more

Worshippers use bamboo branches to dust a giant Buddha during an annual year-end cleaning event at Nanzoin Temple in the town of Sasaguri, Fukuoka Prefecture, in southwestern Japan, on Dec. 26, 2019. (Mainichi/Toyokazu Tsumura)
  • Worshippers use bamboo branches to dust a giant Buddha during an annual year-end cleaning event at Nanzoin Temple in the town of Sasaguri, Fukuoka Prefecture, in southwestern Japan, on Dec. 26, 2019. (Mainichi/Toyokazu Tsumura)

  • Worshippers use bamboo branches to dust a giant Buddha during an annual year-end cleaning event at Nanzoin Temple in the town of Sasaguri, Fukuoka Prefecture, in southwestern Japan, on Dec. 26, 2019. (Mainichi/Toyokazu Tsumura)

  • Worshippers use bamboo branches to dust a giant Buddha during an annual year-end cleaning event at Nanzoin Temple in the town of Sasaguri, Fukuoka Prefecture, in southwestern Japan, on Dec. 26, 2019. (Mainichi/Toyokazu Tsumura)

  • Worshippers use bamboo branches to dust a giant Buddha during an annual year-end cleaning event at Nanzoin Temple in the town of Sasaguri, Fukuoka Prefecture, in southwestern Japan, on Dec. 26, 2019. (Mainichi/Toyokazu Tsumura)

  • Worshippers use bamboo branches to dust a giant Buddha during an annual year-end cleaning event at Nanzoin Temple in the town of Sasaguri, Fukuoka Prefecture, in southwestern Japan, on Dec. 26, 2019. (Mainichi/Toyokazu Tsumura)

  • Worshippers use bamboo branches to dust a giant Buddha during an annual year-end cleaning event at Nanzoin Temple in the town of Sasaguri, Fukuoka Prefecture, in southwestern Japan, on Dec. 26, 2019. (Mainichi/Toyokazu Tsumura)

  • Worshippers wipe the foot of a giant Buddha during an annual year-end cleaning event at Nanzoin Temple in the town of Sasaguri, Fukuoka Prefecture, in southwestern Japan, on Dec. 26, 2019. (Mainichi/Toyokazu Tsumura)

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