Winter visit - Kanmairi

Japanese: 寒参り - かんまいり
Winter visit - Kanmairi
Also called Kan-mairi or Hadaka-mairi. Visiting a shrine or temple every night for 30 days in the cold season for faith or prayer. Wearing a white robe and a headband, this is done as an ascetic practice while ringing a bell. In Tokyo, Fudoson in Fukagawa is very popular. It is thought to have originally been practiced by ascetic monks and others, but has since become more common.

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Japanese:
寒詣,裸参りともいう。信心または祈願のために寒の30日の間,毎夜神社や寺院に参拝すること。白衣に鉢巻をしめ鈴を振りながら,苦行として行う。東京では深川の不動尊が盛ん。もと修験者などの間で行われたものが一般化したものと考えられている。

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