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 […]
Traditional Japan
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 […]
Traditional Japan
Annual Calligraphy Jamboree at Nihon Budokan Martial Arts HallAnnual Calligraphy Jamboree at Nihon Budokan Martial Arts HallAnnual Calligraphy Jamboree at Nihon Budokan Martial Arts HallAnnual Calligraphy Jamboree at Nihon Budokan Martial Arts HallAnnual Calligraphy Jamboree at Nihon Budokan Martial Arts Hall
(Click on the image above to view the full gallery) Tokyo, Japan – Participants use calligraphy brushes to ink words during an annual calligraphy jamboree at the Nihon Budokan Martial […]
Traditional Japan
People Visit Kanda Myojin Shrine in the New YearPeople Visit Kanda Myojin Shrine in the New YearPeople Visit Kanda Myojin Shrine in the New YearPeople Visit Kanda Myojin Shrine in the New YearPeople Visit Kanda Myojin Shrine in the New Year
(Click on the image above to view the full gallery) Tokyo, Japan – A Shinto priest hands out a sakaki branch to the people attending a ceremony wishing for prosperity […]
