Kanda Myojin "Mid-Summer Misogi
New adults purify themselves with cold water
January 9, 2010, Tokyo, Japan - Naked Japanese men, all in fresh white loincloths, recite prayers before washing themselves with icy water in the purification ceremony during an annual coming-of-age rite of passage at Tokyo's Kanda Myojin Shinto Shrine on Saturday, January 9, 2010. Some 30 men and a few women, who reach age 20 this year, washed themselves in icy water in the traditional ritual ablution. (Photo by AFLO) [3609] -mis-