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Traditional Japan

Japanese New Year Ice Bath 2015

Japanese New Year Ice Bath 2015

(Click on the image above to view the full gallery) Tokyo, Japan – Participants wear only short or loincloths before taking a “purification” dip ice cold water during the annual […]

Traditional Japan

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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 […]

Features, Traditional Japan

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Japanese Cherish Sweet Memory of Penny CandiesJapanese Cherish Sweet Memory of Penny CandiesJapanese Cherish Sweet Memory of Penny CandiesJapanese Cherish Sweet Memory of Penny CandiesJapanese Cherish Sweet Memory of Penny Candies

In a small hideout-like store, there are more than 100 kinds of candies. In Japan, you often see children rushing into Dagashiya, a penny candy store, after school. Dagashi, penny […]

News

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(Click on the image above to view the full gallery) Tokyo, Japan – Teams of elaborately attired dancers shake their tail feathers to the beat of Samba, parading down the […]

Modern Japan, News, Traditional Japan

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(Click on the image above to view the full gallery) Tokyo, Japan – The new Kabukiza Theater is illuminated in Tokyo’s Ginza district on Friday, February 22, 2013. (Photo by […]