[Breaking News]Jump into Lake Biwa in traditional ritual

OMIHACHIMAN, Japan, Aug. 1 Kyodo - A Buddhist monk at Isakiji Temple jumps into Lake Biwa from a height of about seven meters in the Shiga Prefecture city of Omihachiman, Japan, on Aug. 1, 2024, during a traditional ritual and part of training. (Kyodo)

Jump into Lake Biwa in traditional ritual

Jump into Lake Biwa in traditional ritual

A Buddhist monk at Isakiji Temple jumps into Lake Biwa from a height of about seven meters in the Shiga Prefecture city of Omihachiman, Japan, on Aug. 1, 2023, during a traditional ritual and part of training.

Jump into Lake Biwa in traditional ritual

Jump into Lake Biwa in traditional ritual

A Buddhist monk at Isakiji Temple jumps into Lake Biwa from a height of about seven meters in the Shiga Prefecture city of Omihachiman, Japan, on Aug. 1, 2023, during a traditional ritual and part of training.

Jump into Lake Biwa in traditional ritual

Jump into Lake Biwa in traditional ritual

A Buddhist monk at Isakiji Temple jumps into Lake Biwa from a height of about seven meters in the Shiga Prefecture city of Omihachiman, Japan, on Aug. 1, 2023, during a traditional ritual and part of training.

Jump into Lake Biwa in traditional ritual

Jump into Lake Biwa in traditional ritual

A Buddhist monk at Isakiji Temple jumps into Lake Biwa from a height of about seven meters in the Shiga Prefecture city of Omihachiman, Japan, on Aug. 1, 2023, during a traditional ritual and part of training.

Jump into Lake Biwa in traditional ritual

Jump into Lake Biwa in traditional ritual

A Buddhist monk at Isakiji Temple jumps into Lake Biwa from a height of about seven meters in the Shiga Prefecture city of Omihachiman, Japan, on Aug. 1, 2023, during a traditional ritual and part of training.

Jump into Lake Biwa in traditional ritual

Jump into Lake Biwa in traditional ritual

A Buddhist monk at Isakiji Temple jumps into Lake Biwa from a height of about seven meters in the Shiga Prefecture city of Omihachiman, Japan, on Aug. 1, 2023, during a traditional ritual and part of training.

Jump into Lake Biwa in traditional ritual

Jump into Lake Biwa in traditional ritual

A Buddhist monk at Isakiji Temple jumps into Lake Biwa from a height of about seven meters in the Shiga Prefecture city of Omihachiman, Japan, on Aug. 1, 2023, during a traditional ritual and part of training.

Jump into Lake Biwa in traditional ritual

Jump into Lake Biwa in traditional ritual

A Buddhist monk at Isakiji Temple jumps into Lake Biwa from a height of about seven meters in the Shiga Prefecture city of Omihachiman, Japan, on Aug. 1, 2022, during a traditional ritual and part of training.

Jump into Lake Biwa in traditional ritual

Jump into Lake Biwa in traditional ritual

A Buddhist monk at Isakiji Temple jumps into Lake Biwa from a height of about seven meters in the Shiga Prefecture city of Omihachiman, Japan, on Aug. 1, 2022, during a traditional ritual and part of training.

Jump into Lake Biwa in traditional ritual

Jump into Lake Biwa in traditional ritual

A Buddhist monk at Isakiji Temple jumps into Lake Biwa from a height of about seven meters in the Shiga Prefecture city of Omihachiman, Japan, on Aug. 1, 2022, during a traditional ritual and part of training.

Monks jump off beam at Lake Biwa in traditional ritual

Monks jump off beam at Lake Biwa in traditional ritual

One of 12 monks who have finished a 100-day circumambulation of Mt. Hiei straddling Kyoto and Shiga prefectures in western Japan jumps from a height of seven meters from the edge of a 13 meter-long beam over Lake Biwa at Isakiji, a Buddhist temple in Omihachiman, Shiga Prefecture, on Aug. 1, 2015, during a traditional ritual. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Pole diving at Lake Biwa

Pole diving at Lake Biwa

A Buddhist monk at Isakiji Temple jumps into Lake Biwa from a thick, square 13-meter-long pole during the annual pole diving event at Omihachiman in Shiga Prefecture on Aug. 1, 2017. The event, which is said to date back more than 1,100 years, is performed on Aug. 1 every year to rid people of bad luck. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo