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Japanese New Year Ice Bath 2014
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Tokyo, Japan – Participants pour themselves cold water during the Annual New Year ice bath ceremony at Kanda Myojin Shinto Shrine on Saturday, January 11, 2014. A group of 44 brave men and women wearing only shorts or loincloths pour cold water over themselves in a traditional “soul-purification” ceremony, they believe would purify their souls and bring them good luck. (Photo by Rodrigo Reyes Marin/AFLO)

Japanese New Year Ice Bath 2014
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Tokyo, Japan – A Japanese male only wearing a loincloth bathes icy water to test each one’s capacity of their endurance in cold weather during a traditional purification ceremony early in the new year at Kanda Myojin Shrine, Saturday, January 11, 2014. Some 48 men and women dipped themselves in a bath of icy-cold water in hopes to bring wellness during the new year. (Photo by AFLO)

Japanese New Year Ice Bath 2014
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Tokyo, Japan – Participants pour themselves cold water during the Annual New Year ice bath ceremony at Kanda Myojin Shinto Shrine on Saturday, January 11, 2014. A group of 44 brave men and women wearing only shorts or loincloths pour cold water over themselves in a traditional “soul-purification” ceremony, they believe would purify their souls and bring them good luck. (Photo by Rodrigo Reyes Marin/AFLO)

Japanese New Year Ice Bath 2014
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Tokyo, Japan – A Japanese male only wearing a loincloth bathes icy water to test each one’s capacity of their endurance in cold weather during a traditional purification ceremony early in the new year at Kanda Myojin Shrine, Saturday, January 11, 2014. Some 48 men and women dipped themselves in a bath of icy-cold water in hopes to bring wellness during the new year. (Photo by AFLO)

Japanese New Year Ice Bath 2014
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Tokyo, Japan – Participants pour themselves cold water during the Annual New Year ice bath ceremony at Kanda Myojin Shinto Shrine on Saturday, January 11, 2014. A group of 44 brave men and women wearing only shorts or loincloths pour cold water over themselves in a traditional “soul-purification” ceremony, they believe would purify their souls and bring them good luck. (Photo by Rodrigo Reyes Marin/AFLO)

Japanese New Year Ice Bath 2014
(Click on the image above to view the full gallery)

Tokyo, Japan – A Japanese male only wearing a loincloth bathes icy water to test each one’s capacity of their endurance in cold weather during a traditional purification ceremony early in the new year at Kanda Myojin Shrine, Saturday, January 11, 2014. Some 48 men and women dipped themselves in a bath of icy-cold water in hopes to bring wellness during the new year. (Photo by AFLO)

Japanese New Year Ice Bath 2014
(Click on the image above to view the full gallery)

Tokyo, Japan – Participants pour themselves cold water during the Annual New Year ice bath ceremony at Kanda Myojin Shinto Shrine on Saturday, January 11, 2014. A group of 44 brave men and women wearing only shorts or loincloths pour cold water over themselves in a traditional “soul-purification” ceremony, they believe would purify their souls and bring them good luck. (Photo by Rodrigo Reyes Marin/AFLO)

Japanese New Year Ice Bath 2014
(Click on the image above to view the full gallery)

Tokyo, Japan – A Japanese male only wearing a loincloth bathes icy water to test each one’s capacity of their endurance in cold weather during a traditional purification ceremony early in the new year at Kanda Myojin Shrine, Saturday, January 11, 2014. Some 48 men and women dipped themselves in a bath of icy-cold water in hopes to bring wellness during the new year. (Photo by AFLO)

Japanese New Year Ice Bath 2014
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Tokyo, Japan – Participants pour themselves cold water during the Annual New Year ice bath ceremony at Kanda Myojin Shinto Shrine on Saturday, January 11, 2014. A group of 44 brave men and women wearing only shorts or loincloths pour cold water over themselves in a traditional “soul-purification” ceremony, they believe would purify their souls and bring them good luck. (Photo by Rodrigo Reyes Marin/AFLO)

Japanese New Year Ice Bath 2014
(Click on the image above to view the full gallery)

Tokyo, Japan – A Japanese male only wearing a loincloth bathes icy water to test each one’s capacity of their endurance in cold weather during a traditional purification ceremony early in the new year at Kanda Myojin Shrine, Saturday, January 11, 2014. Some 48 men and women dipped themselves in a bath of icy-cold water in hopes to bring wellness during the new year. (Photo by AFLO)