Came across this photo a little while ago and I have remained intrigued with the branch festooned with hanging charms.

A couple I recognise - the red chilli, Dharma San, rice straw bale, a die. Enough to see that these must be luck associated symbols.

All the other elements of the photo are familiar to me, it’s just this branch. And it does seem rather easier a project than a Shimekazari or a Kadomatsu. Our Kagamimochi tends to look a little sad, it could do with some company.

Does anybody know what this kind of branch is called? Is it a regional thing? And if it’s not “a thing” in any traditional sense, any clues on what the other lucky symbols are?