A man wearing loin cloth prays as he bathes in ice-cold water ...
A man wearing loin cloth prays as he bathes in ice-cold water at the Teppozu Inari shrine in Tokyo January 11, 2009. About 60 participants look part in the annual Shinto ceremony to purify their souls and wish for good health in the new year.
REUTERS/Yuriko Nakao (JAPAN)