Japanese New Year Ice Bath

Japanese New Year Ice Bath

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Tokyo, Japan – Participants in a New Year ice bath scream in coldness as they bask in icy water at Tokyo’s Kanda Myojin Shinto Shrine on Saturday, January 12, 2013. A group of 50 brave men, young and old all naked except for their loincloth, bathed in the icy cold water as temperature dropped to near freezing point.in a traditional ritual to test their endurance. (Photo by Natsuki Sakai/AFLO)

Japanese New Year Ice Bath

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Tokyo, Japan – Women participants in a New Year ice bath scream in coldness as they bask in icy water at Tokyo’s Kanda Myojin Shinto Shrine on Saturday, January 12, 2013. A group of 50 brave men, young and old all naked except for their loincloth, bathed in the icy cold water as temperature dropped to near freezing point.in a traditional ritual to test their endurance. (Photo by Natsuki Sakai/AFLO)Japanese New Year Ice Bath

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Tokyo, Japan – Participants in a New Year ice bath scream in coldness as they bask in icy water at Tokyo’s Kanda Myojin Shinto Shrine on Saturday, January 12, 2013. A group of 50 brave men, young and old all naked except for their loincloth, bathed in the icy cold water as temperature dropped to near freezing point.in a traditional ritual to test their endurance. (Photo by Natsuki Sakai/AFLO)

Japanese New Year Ice Bath

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Tokyo, Japan – Women participants in a New Year ice bath scream in coldness as they bask in icy water at Tokyo’s Kanda Myojin Shinto Shrine on Saturday, January 12, 2013. A group of 50 brave men, young and old all naked except for their loincloth, bathed in the icy cold water as temperature dropped to near freezing point.in a traditional ritual to test their endurance. (Photo by Natsuki Sakai/AFLO)Japanese New Year Ice Bath

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Tokyo, Japan – Participants in a New Year ice bath scream in coldness as they bask in icy water at Tokyo’s Kanda Myojin Shinto Shrine on Saturday, January 12, 2013. A group of 50 brave men, young and old all naked except for their loincloth, bathed in the icy cold water as temperature dropped to near freezing point.in a traditional ritual to test their endurance. (Photo by Natsuki Sakai/AFLO)

Japanese New Year Ice Bath

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Tokyo, Japan – Women participants in a New Year ice bath scream in coldness as they bask in icy water at Tokyo’s Kanda Myojin Shinto Shrine on Saturday, January 12, 2013. A group of 50 brave men, young and old all naked except for their loincloth, bathed in the icy cold water as temperature dropped to near freezing point.in a traditional ritual to test their endurance. (Photo by Natsuki Sakai/AFLO)Japanese New Year Ice Bath

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Tokyo, Japan – Participants in a New Year ice bath scream in coldness as they bask in icy water at Tokyo’s Kanda Myojin Shinto Shrine on Saturday, January 12, 2013. A group of 50 brave men, young and old all naked except for their loincloth, bathed in the icy cold water as temperature dropped to near freezing point.in a traditional ritual to test their endurance. (Photo by Natsuki Sakai/AFLO)

Japanese New Year Ice Bath

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Tokyo, Japan – Women participants in a New Year ice bath scream in coldness as they bask in icy water at Tokyo’s Kanda Myojin Shinto Shrine on Saturday, January 12, 2013. A group of 50 brave men, young and old all naked except for their loincloth, bathed in the icy cold water as temperature dropped to near freezing point.in a traditional ritual to test their endurance. (Photo by Natsuki Sakai/AFLO)Japanese New Year Ice Bath

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Tokyo, Japan – Participants in a New Year ice bath scream in coldness as they bask in icy water at Tokyo’s Kanda Myojin Shinto Shrine on Saturday, January 12, 2013. A group of 50 brave men, young and old all naked except for their loincloth, bathed in the icy cold water as temperature dropped to near freezing point.in a traditional ritual to test their endurance. (Photo by Natsuki Sakai/AFLO)

Japanese New Year Ice Bath

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Tokyo, Japan – Women participants in a New Year ice bath scream in coldness as they bask in icy water at Tokyo’s Kanda Myojin Shinto Shrine on Saturday, January 12, 2013. A group of 50 brave men, young and old all naked except for their loincloth, bathed in the icy cold water as temperature dropped to near freezing point.in a traditional ritual to test their endurance. (Photo by Natsuki Sakai/AFLO)