Participants in the traditional "fundoshi" or loincloth carry a "mikoshi" at Enoshima midwinter festival...
Participants in the traditional "fundoshi" or loincloth carry a "mikoshi" (portable shrine) in the sea at Enoshima midwinter festival in Fujisawa, south of Tokyo January 20, 2008. Hundreds of participants carried the portable shrines in the sea at the festival to celebrate Japan's Coming of Age Day and pray for the safety in the sea. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon (JAPAN)