Don't look down
Two window cleaners in Japan dressed as a rooster and a dog went to great heights last Wednesday to bid an early goodbye to the Year of the Rooster and welcome in the Year of the Dog.
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To start on a clean slate
Traditionally, Japanese clean their homes and workplaces around mid-December in order to start the new year on a clean slate, but at the Hotel Ryumeikan in Tokyo this traditional event was given a quirky twist.
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Getting the hang of new year
For the fifth year in row, they've had their window washers dress up as the current and next year's zodiac animals and wash the 55.5-metre high glass exterior of the hotel while patrons watch from inside (and passers-by from below).
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Risky business
Window washers Itto Tsuda and Shota Nakanishi said this was their second year taking up the job. Tsuda said he hopes to one day dress up as a dragon, his zodiac animal.
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Watching in awe
A little girl looks at window cleaners, dressed as a rooster, this year's Chinese zodiac animal and a dog, next year's Chinese zodiac animal, while they clean the windows of Ryumeikan hotel during a promotional event to celebrate the upcoming new year in Tokyo
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Chinese zodiac system
The Chinese zodiac system identifies each year with one of the 12 animals, and is commonly used throughout Asia.
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