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Japanese squatting by a pond making a shinto purification ritual at Kawagoe Hikawa shrine in winter.

Saitama, kawagoe - dec 31 2021: Japanese woman dressed for winter squatting by a pond performing the shinto purification ritual hitogata-nagashi or wash away a human paper shape in the hikawa shrine.