Let's find small creatures in the forest

  I know it's quite sudden to ask, but what do you think this art-work  is?  This is one scene during the New Year Days in the famous shrine.  I will explain later.　　 According to the newspapers, this year's New Year's Day was blessed with warm weather, so about 185,000 people visited the Taga Taisha Shrine on New Year's Day alone. The Taga Taisha Shrine is one of the most prestigious shrines in Shiga Prefecture, Japan. It is very crowded in particular at the first shrine visit of the new year. So, I visited this Shrine on January 6th to avoid jam packed crowd, although it was a rainy day. Let's steer back to the main point. First of all, worshippers prayed in front of the main shrine and threw money offerings. In the shrine, some people are getting Shinto purification ritual.  After praying, worshipers usually purchase various lucky charms, such as sacred arrows, sacred rakes, good luck charms etc. And they also often draw an Omikuji, a fortune-tellin...