Only 10% in Japan still give 'obligatory' Valentine's Day chocolates to work contacts: poll ...
TOKYO (AP) — Dozens of people soaked and splashed themselves in painfully icy cold water on Saturday in a pool at a Tokyo shrine, adhering to Japanese tradition to purify the soul and pray for ...
A scantily clad shrine parishioner throws icy cold water ... purifying soul and praying for their health in the new year. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko) ...
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