Japanese worshippers pray in ice-cold water at a midwinter endurance festival at Teppozu Inari shrin.....
Japanese worshippers pray in ice-cold water at a midwinter endurance festival at Teppozu Inari shrine in Tokyo January 9, 2005. The ice-water bath is a purification ceremony in which men wearing only loincloths pour water over themselves for good health in the new year.