This pine decoration is left in place from January the first to the seventh (until the fifteenth in olden times), the period referred to as matsu no uchi."NIPO-312", "2536517"
正月には、門には注連縄を張り、松飾りをつけ、または門松をたてる。
Shimenawa, sacred rice-straw ropes, are hung across the top of the gateway, which is also decorated with pine boughs or kadomatsu (gate pines)."NIPO-312", "2446121"
門松は、家の門の前に置かれる一対の松飾りで、松の内と呼ばれる元旦から7日までの期間置かれます。
Kadomatsu are a pair of pine decorations which are placed in front of the gates of a residence from January 1st to the 7th, the period known as matsunouchi."A0000246", "2390847"