New Year ice bath ceremony at Kanda Myojin
January 26, 2019, Tokyo, Japan – Shinto believers recite a prayer before they pour cold water over themselves to purify their bodies and souls as part of the Daikoku festival […]
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Features, Traditional Japan
New Year Ice Bath Ceremony in Japan
(All photos by Rodrigo Reyes Marin/AFLO) Annual New Year ice bath ceremony took place at Kanda Myojin Shrine in Tokyo on January 21. A group of brave men and women […]
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 […]
Japan Daily Life, Modern Japan, News
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(Click on the image above to view the full gallery) Sapporo, Japan – Houheikan, an old western style hotel snow statue attract visitors during the opening day of Sapporo Yuki […]
Japan Daily Life, News
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(Click on the image above to view the full gallery) January 14, 2013, Tokyo, Japan – Traffic is shown due to Tokyo’s first snowfall this year. Heavy snow in Tokyo […]
