Man wearing the traditional “fundoshi” or loincloth rides on a “mikoshi” or portable shrine as local people carry it into the sea during a festival to wish for calm waters in the ocean and good fortune in the new year in Oiso, Kanagawa prefecture, west of Tokyo, Japan, January 1, 2016. (Photo by Yuya Shino/Reuters)





Man wearing the traditional “fundoshi” or loincloth rides on a “mikoshi” or portable shrine as local people carry it into the sea during a festival to wish for calm waters in the ocean and good fortune in the new year in Oiso, Kanagawa prefecture, west of Tokyo, Japan, January 1, 2016. (Photo by Yuya Shino/Reuters)





A woman jumps from a “mikoshi” or portable shrine as people carry it into the sea during a festival to wish for calm waters in the ocean and good fortune in the new year in Oiso, Kanagawa prefecture, west of Tokyo, Japan, January 1, 2016. (Photo by Yuya Shino/Reuters)





Women balance on a “mikoshi” or portable shrine as people carry it into the sea during a festival to wish for calm waters in the ocean and good fortune in the new year in Oiso, Kanagawa prefecture, west of Tokyo, Japan, January 1, 2016. (Photo by Yuya Shino/Reuters)





A woman riding on a “mikoshi” or portable shrine cheers on people as they carry it into the sea during a festival to wish for calm waters in the ocean and good fortune in the new year in Oiso, Kanagawa prefecture, west of Tokyo, Japan, January 1, 2016. (Photo by Yuya Shino/Reuters)





Men carry a “mikoshi” or portable shrine from the sea after a festival to wish for calm waters in the ocean and good fortune in the new year in Oiso, Kanagawa prefecture, west of Tokyo, Japan, January 1, 2016. (Photo by Yuya Shino/Reuters)





A man wearing the traditional “fundoshi” or loincloth rides on a “mikoshi” or portable shrine as local people carry it into the sea during a festival to wish for calm waters in the ocean and good fortune in the new year in Oiso, Kanagawa prefecture, west of Tokyo, Japan, January 1, 2016. (Photo by Yuya Shino/Reuters)





People look at the sun during sunrise in Odawara, Kanagawa prefecture, west of Tokyo, Japan, January 1, 2016. (Photo by Yuya Shino/Reuters)





Local swimmers pray to the sun during sunrise to wish for calm waters and good fortune in the new year in Odawara, Kanagawa prefecture, west of Tokyo, Japan, January 1, 2016. (Photo by Yuya Shino/Reuters)





Local swimmers walk out from the ocean after praying to the sun during sunrise to wish for calm waters and good fortune in the new year in Odawara, Kanagawa prefecture, west of Tokyo, Japan, January 1, 2016. (Photo by Yuya Shino/Reuters)