Participants dressed only in loincloths pray in a pool of freezing-cold water during the annual midwinter ice water bathing (Kanchu-Suiyoku) purification ceremony at Teppozu Inari Shrine on January 14, 2024, in Tokyo, Japan. About 87 brave participants joined the purification ritual to pray for a healthy new year.
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