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Midwinter-ice bathing ceremony 2019 in Tokyo

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Midwinter-ice bathing ceremony 2019 in Tokyo
January 13, 2019, Tokyo, Japan – Participants dressed only in loincloths pray in a pool of freezing-cold water containing large blocks of ice during the annual midwinter-ice water bathing (Kanchu-Suiyoku) purification ceremony at Teppozu Inari Shrine. About 91 brave participants (11 women) joined the purification ritual to pray for a healthy new year.

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