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Bean-Throwing Festival at Zojoji TempleBean-Throwing Festival at Zojoji TempleBean-Throwing Festival at Zojoji TempleBean-Throwing Festival at Zojoji TempleBean-Throwing Festival at Zojoji Temple

(Click on the image above to view the full gallery) Tokyo, Japan – Kids with demon masks throw soybeans at demons on stage at Zojoji Temple in downtown Tokyo as […]

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Japanese New Year Ice Bath

Japanese New Year Ice Bath

(Click on the image above to view the full gallery) Tokyo, Japan – Participants in a New Year ice bath scream in coldness as they bask in icy water at […]

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Japanese Businessmen Pray for Better Business in 2013Japanese Businessmen Pray for Better Business in 2013Japanese Businessmen Pray for Better Business in 2013Japanese Businessmen Pray for Better Business in 2013Japanese Businessmen Pray for Better Business in 2013

Japanese Businessmen Pray for Better Business in 2013Japanese Businessmen Pray for Better Business in 2013Japanese Businessmen Pray for Better Business in 2013Japanese Businessmen Pray for Better Business in 2013Japanese Businessmen Pray for Better Business in 2013

(Click on the image above to view the full gallery) Tokyo, Japan – A Shinto priest performs a purification ritual for a group of Japanese business persons who offer prayers […]

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Decorations of Japan’s New YearDecorations of Japan’s New YearDecorations of Japan’s New YearDecorations of Japan’s New YearDecorations of Japan’s New Year

(Click on the image above to view the full gallery) December 27, 2012, Tokyo, Japan – Kadomatsu are a pair of bamboo and pine decorations, which Japanese people place in […]

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79th Birthday of Emperor Akihito

79th Birthday of Emperor Akihito

(Click on the image above to view the full gallery) December 23, 2012, Tokyo, Japan – Emperor Akihito waves to a throng of well-wishers from behind the bullet-proof glass panel […]