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The Japan News/Yomiuri
The Japan News/Yomiuri
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The Yomiuri Shimbun

Japanese traditional midwinter dip for good health

(Credit: The Yomiuri Shimbun)

More than a hundred people take a midwinter dip known as the annual kanchu suiyoku, at Teppozu Inari Shrine in Chuo Ward, Tokyo, on Sunday. The 105 people, ranging in age from 9 to 83, prayed for their good health while immersed chest-deep in a tub about 5 meters in diameter with two huge floating icicles that was set up at the shrine.

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