01:11 The shrine's iconic feature is its enormous "shimenawa," which is 13 meters long and weighs five tons. 01:21 It's comprised of rice straw, and hand-made. 01:29 "Shimenawa" are sacred ropes ...

Fujii’s works range from modern pieces, called Wara Jewelry, which are only a few centimeters in size, to 5-meter-long shimenawa sacred straw ropes. Even the slightest slack in tension when creating ...