Video. The annual Kanchu Misogi ritual saw around 100 worshippers plunge into icy water at a Tokyo shrine on Sunday.

Japan: 100 worshippers endure icy waters for Shinto ritual in Tokyo The annual Kanchu Misogi ritual saw around 100 ...

Dozens of worshipers took a deep breath and a brave plunge into icy waters at a Tokyo shrine Sunday, keeping afloat a New ...

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Participants carry a portable shrine 'mikoshi', during the Winter Sea Misogi Festival, a Shinto purification ritual marking ...