A pair of 4-meter-tall jumbo kadomatsu (Japanese traditional New Year's decorations) were unveiled on December 7, 2025, on the San'in-Oe Prefectural Road in Naomi, Yakuno-cho, Fukuchiyama City, Kyoto Prefecture. This year, the kadomatsu will once again welcome visitors at the entrance to the village as part of the local farming association's annual preparations for welcoming the New Year.
The Naomi Central Farming Association, "Mitsuwa-kai," made up of the three villages of Nishigaki, Otake, and Kuwatani, has been making them for the past 30 years. Around 20 members of the association cut six bamboo stalks from a local bamboo grove and set them up three by the side of the road. They are surrounded by auspicious ornaments such as pine, plum, and nandina branches, as well as leaf buttons.
The kadomatsu will remain up until the Dondoyaki festival on January 12, 2026, and union president Takao Tamura (67 years old) said, "Disasters continue to occur both at home and abroad. I hope this will be a year in which we can live in good health and be free from illness and disaster."
