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Hundreds of Japanese business leaders attended a religious service at Kanda Myojin shrine in Tokyo on Thursday to pray for good fortune for their businesses on the first day back to work. The Kanda Myojin shrine is more than 1,270 years old and used as a holy place of worship for adherents to the Shinto religion. Since 2 out of the 7 gods of fortune are enshrined at Kanda Myojin, the shrine has become a go-to destination for Japanese businessmen looking for a bit of supernatural help.
Worshippers at a Tokyo shrine welcome the new year with an ice-cold bath in an annual tradition that dates back about 70 years Participants warm up through stretches and chants before plunging into a pool filled with huge ice blocks. IMAGES
Thousands offer prayers at Tokyo's Meiji Shrine as part of New Year's customs to pray for good luck in 2023. IMAGES
Bangkok, Feb 11 (EFE/EPA).- People in Thailand's capital on Thursday headed to the temple to pray for good fortune on the eve of the Lunar New Year.The Lunar New Year 2021 falls on Feb. 12 and marks the beginning of the Year of the Ox in Chinese astrology. (Camera: RUNGROJ YONGRIT).SHOT LIST: THAI PEOPLE PRAY AT LENG NOEI YI TEMPLE, OR DRAGON LOTUS TEMPLE, IN BANGKOK, THAILAND.
Tokyo, Jan 1 (EFFE/EPA).- Visitors on Friday prayed for their health, prosperity and good future during their first visit of the new year at Meiji Shrine in Tokyo.Annually, more than three million people visit Meiji Shrine during the first three days of the New Year. (Camera: KIMIMASA MAYAMA).SHOT LIST: PEOPLE VISIT MEIJI SHRINE DURING THE NEW YEAR IN TOKYO, JAPAN.
83-year-old Elisa Forti wants to conquer the treacherous Aconcagua Mountain, the highest mountain in the Americas. Elisa, who has already crossed the Andes twice, was born in Italy but moved with her family to Argentina when she was 14 years old. She has a large family with five children, eleven grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Known as the 'mountain of death,' Aconcagua will be far and away her biggest challenge yet.
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