Business Today Japan’s Cold Test: Why believers plunge into ice before sunrise
Before dawn in Tokyo, worshippers plunge into ice at a Shinto shrine, enduring Kanchu Misogi—an extreme New Year ritual of purification, endurance, and communal faith.
Before dawn in Tokyo, worshippers plunge into ice at a Shinto shrine, enduring Kanchu Misogi—an extreme New Year ritual of purification, endurance, and communal faith.