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(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 […]

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(Click on the image above to view the full gallery) Kawagoe, Japan – Tourist visit stores along the main street of Little Edo, Kawagoe, February 14, 2013. An old town […]

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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

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(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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Tori-no-Ichi Japanese Traditional Annual Open-Air Market 2012Tori-no-Ichi Japanese Traditional Annual Open-Air Market 2012Tori-no-Ichi Japanese Traditional Annual Open-Air Market 2012Tori-no-Ichi Japanese Traditional Annual Open-Air Market 2012

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(Click on the image above to view the full gallery) November 8, 2012, Tokyo, Japan – Bargain hunters crowd around the stalls decorated with colorful good-luck bamboo rakes in the […]

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