Traditional winter miso diving into Tsugaru Strait in midwinter Kikonai Town, January 15, 16:05
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A traditional "Konaka-Misogi" was held in Kikonai-cho, Hokkaido, where young people in the lower belt cleanse the shrine's body at the Tsugaru Strait in midwinter.
"Kannaka-Misogi" is a traditional event that has been held for about 190 years since January 15 at Sakonagawa Shrine in Kikonai Town, with the aim of good harvest and good fishing.
On the 15th, in the cold below freezing, four young people, called trainees, jumped into the Tsugaru Strait many times in the middle of winter and performed a "seawater mokuba" bath to purify the body by applying seawater.
After this, the trainee went up to the beach, pours water that would be of interest to the visitors, and wished for a year-long sickness.
A man in his 60s from Hakodate said, "I saw it for the first time, but the power of the four young people was amazing."
Daishin Hirano, a senior high school senior who served as the trainee's leader, said, "I feel refreshed that I've done it. I graduate from high school and get a job. I was talking.