A Daruma doll burns in a fire at Wakamiya Hachiman-sha shrine in Nagoya, Japan on January 14th, 2016. People burn New Year decorations and lucky symbols from the previous year in mid-January in ceremonies called Dondo Yaki, symbolically purging the past. (Photo by Ben Weller/AFLO)
A Shinto priest performs a fire ceremony at Wakamiya Hachiman-sha shrine in Nagoya, Japan. (Photo by Ben Weller/AFLO)
A Shinto priest performs a fire ceremony at Wakamiya Hachiman-sha shrine in Nagoya, Japan. (Photo by Ben Weller/AFLO)
A man throws a Daruma doll into a fire at Wakamiya Hachiman-sha shrine. (Photo by Ben Weller/AFLO)
