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