Participants wearing traditional "fundoshi" or loincloth carry portable shrine in Fujisawa, Japan
Participants wearing the traditional "fundoshi" or loincloth carry a "mikoshi" or portable shrine during the festival of Enoshima midwinter mikoshi chastening meeting on the coast of the Sagami Bay in Fujisawa, south of Tokyo January 21, 2007. This festival is part of Japan's Coming of Age Day celebrations and is a midwinter ceremony in the sea with the "mikoshi" or portable shrines. REUTERS/Issei Kato (JAPAN)