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A shrine in Gotemba, where large offered scissors are said to cut off unwanted ties.
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A shrine in Kamba, Gotemba, Shizuoka Prefecture, enshrining Oyamatsumi-no-Mikoto, the god of the mountain. It is characterized by dedicated scissors, and the main hall also enshrines a pair of scissors about 3 m high and weighing about 60 kg. There is a custom of borrowing scissors to pray for recovery from illness and, when fully recovered, returning them with a slightly larger pair.
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