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kadomatsu
Sign in to savethumb|right|Two kadomatsu made of bamboo thumb|thumbtime=1|Two kadomatsu at a Shinto shrine in Nagano Prefecture|Nagano, 2023
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thumb|right|Two kadomatsu made of bamboo thumb|thumbtime=1|Two kadomatsu at a Shinto shrine in Nagano Prefecture|Nagano, 2023
are traditional Japanese decorations made for the New Year. They are a type of yorishiro, or objects intended to welcome ancestral spirits or kami of the harvest. Kadomatsu are usually placed in pairs in front of homes and buildings.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “kadomatsu” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.