Dondo Yaki Fire Ceremony
A Daruma doll burns in a fire at Wakamiya Hachiman-sha shrine in Nagoya, Japan on January 14th, 2016. People burn New Year decorations and lucky symbols from the previous year […]
Archive for January, 2016
Features
Diamond Fuji from Mount Takao
(Click on the image above to view the full gallery) Tokyo, Japan – People observe the sun setting near the top of Mount Fuji atop Mount Takao in Tokyo, December […]
Features, Traditional Japan
Coming of Age Day 2016
Young women dressed in colorful kimonos take a selfie during a Coming of Age Day ceremony at Tokyo Prince Hotel on January 11, 2015, Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Rodrigo Reyes […]
Features, Traditional Japan
Japanese New Year’s Ice Bath at Kanda Myojin Shrine
Participants dressed only in loincloths and flimsy underwear pray before pouring buckets of freezing cold water over themselves during a traditional New Year ice bath ceremony. The ceremony took place […]
Features, Traditional Japan
Shorinzan Daruma Market
We visited the annual Daruma Market at the Shorinzan Temple in Takasaki on January 6th. (All photos by Rodrigo Reyes Marin/AFLO) Merchants sell Daruma dolls outside the Shorinzan Daruma Temple […]
