Dozens brave icy water in cold-endurance festival at a Shinto shrine in Tokyo

Dozens of people soaked and splashed themselves in icy cold water on Saturday in a pool at a Tokyo shrine, adhering to the Japanese tradition of purifying the soul and praying for good health in the new year. They jogged around Tokyo’s Kanda Myojin Shrine to warm up and performed the ‘Torifune’ ritual, which involves motion of rowing a boat, before they soaked and poured themselves with icy water in purification. (AP Video: Ayaka McGill)