Men pour cold water onto themselves during an annual cold-endurance festival at the Kanda Myojin Shinto shrine in Tokyo on Saturday. Pouring cold water on their bodies is believed to purify their souls.
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Vagabond36
I thought the ice bucket challenge fad has passed...
lucabrasi
@Farmboy
A cold beer does the job for me. In the mouth, not over the head.
smithinjapan
Vagabond: You beat me to it! haha. Anyway, I don't see how this is 'endurance', really. Endurance would be seeing how long they can sit under a cold waterfall,or sit in cold water in general. Or do they continue to pour the water over their heads?
Serrano
I did this, and believe me, my soul is completely purified! All past misdeeds forgiven!
Seriously, these guys are at least a little bit nuts...
Bad2Dbone
I was very drunk during the FUNDOSHI event, so I don't remember anything!!
Tahoochi
Talk about shrinkage...