New Year's Midwinter Misogi
Tokyo Teppozu Inari
January 10, 2010, Tokyo, Japan - Participants, still in wet underwear, hurry to a nearby public bath to take warmth following a mid-winter bask in cold water at a Shinto shrine in downtown Tokyo on Sunday, January 10, 2009. Some 60 participants, mostly men and a few women all dressed in white loincloths and robes, braved the chill to take a dip in icy cold water in the purification ceremony of bodies and minds to stay healthy throughout the year 2009. (Photo by Natsuki Sakai/AFLO) [3615] -mis-