AP Photos: Japanese bathe in icy water at a Tokyo shrine to purify their souls
Dozens of people soaked and splashed themselves in painfully icy cold water in a pool at a Tokyo shrine, adhering to Japanese ...
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Japanese bathe in icy water at Tokyo shrine in purification ritual
Dozens of people soaked and splashed themselves in painfully icy cold water on Saturday in a pool at a Tokyo shrine, adhering ...
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Japanese bathe in icy water at Tokyo shrine to purify their souls
Dozens of people soaked and splashed themselves in painfully icy cold water on Saturday in a pool at a Tokyo shrine, adhering ...
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AP Photos: Japanese bathe in icy water at a Tokyo shrine to purify their souls
About 40 participants jogged around the shrine ... a wooden bucket while shouting “Ei!” to pump themselves up as other participants and onlookers cheered. Purification is key to Shinto rituals ...