Participants carry a mikoshi (portable shrine) during the Winter Sea Misogi Festival, a Shinto purification ritual marking the New Year, in Numazu, Shizuoka Prefecture, on Monday.

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

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

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

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

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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It has its roots in a Japanese Shinto practice called Misogi, which involves walking into an icy waterfall to cleanse the ...

Influencer and brand builder Taylor Prokes has shared three 'actionable steps' you can take to make sure you have the 'best ...

Influencer and brand builder Taylor Prokes has shared three 'actionable steps' you can take to make sure you have the 'best ...