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AP Photos: Japanese bathe in icy water at a Tokyo shrine to purify their souls
TOKYO (AP) — Dozens of people soaked and splashed themselves in painfully icy cold water on Saturday in a pool at a Tokyo shrine, adhering to Japanese tradition to purify the soul and pray for ...
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Japanese bathe in icy water at Tokyo shrine in purification ritual
Shrine parishioners throw icy cold water on themselves during the annual cold-endurance festival at Kanda Myojin Shinto shrine in Tokyo, on Jan. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko) TOKYO (AP ...
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Harbinger of spring: sakura start to bloom in Tokyo, elsewhere
The Tokyo District Meteorological ... someiyoshino at Yasukuni Shrine in the capital’s Chiyoda Ward at 2 p.m. on the day. While the capital’s “declaration of sakura blooming” was four ...
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People flock to Kanda Myoujin shrine in central Tokyo to pray for a good business year
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AP Photos: Japanese bathe in icy water at a Tokyo shrine to purify their souls
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AP Photos: Japanese bathe in icy water at a Tokyo shrine to purify their souls
A scantily clad shrine parishioner throws icy cold water on himself during the annual cold-endurance festival at Kanda Myojin Shinto shrine in Tokyo, Saturday, Jan. 18, 2025, a traditional ...