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This is one of those pictures I have been hesitant about posting for a while. What you can see are memorial statues in Okunoin Cemetery, the largest in Japan, dedicated to babies and young children by their parents. In Japan, popular belief holds that a hideous creature by the name of Shozuka-no-Baba strips children of their clothing, then forces them to make piles of stones to build a stairway to paradise. The Japanese in the countryside often attach small pieces of children's clothing to the statues, believing that Jizo [a god] will clothe the children in his protection. Your comments, as usual, are welcome.