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

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.

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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 ...

At the stroke of midnight, a group of revellers welcomed the New Year in this mountainous state capital of Meghalaya by plunging into icy water at Crinoline swimming pool.