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Participants bathe in ice-cold water to purify their souls and pray for good health during a New Year ritual at Teppozu Inari Shrine in Tokyo on Sunday. Earlier this month, the Fukui Prefectural ...

Dozens of worshipers took a deep breath and a brave plunge into icy waters at a Tokyo shrine Sunday, keeping afloat a New Year tradition to purify the soul and pray for good health. The cold endurance ...