Friday, 11 January 2008

annual cold-endurance festival... Kanda Myojin shinto shrine in Tokyo


Well-wishers using wooden tubs to splash cold waters on to themselves during an annual cold-endurance festival at the Kanda Myojin shinto shrine in Tokyo, Saturday, Jan. 12, 2008.

Japanese men pour cold water to purify their bodies and souls as part of an endurance show at the Kanda shrine in Tokyo, 12 January 2008. 29 Shinto believers aged between 18 and 60 joined the annual New Year celebration.

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