Cold water ritual in western Japan

Cold water ritual in western Japan

People bathe in cold water and chant sutras as part of a Buddhist training to purify themselves at the Okunoin inner sanctuary on Mt. Koya in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Jan. 24, 2021.

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