ICE BATH IN JAPAN ❄️🥶 Japanese Shinto devotees braved the cold and took a plunge in an ice bath in Tokyo on Sunday, January 11, in a traditional ritual aimed at purifying the soul and praying for the new year. A group of 99 people, including 17 women, wearing white loincloths and gowns, knelt into a pool filled with icy water and chanted prayers with their hands clasped tightly. The ritual dates back to 1955, inspired by a former chief priest of the shrine who poured cold water over himself as

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