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February 2025

Photographs by Rodrigo Reyes Marin

Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako and their daughter, Princess Aiko greet well-wishers during a New Year's celebration at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo. (Photo by Rodrigo Reyes Marin/Zuma Press)
Japanese workers pray for fortune and success in business at Kanda Myojin Shrine in Tokyo. Many companies send workers to the shrine to pray for good fortune on January 6, the first working day of the year. (Photo by Rodrigo Reyes Marin/Zuma Press)
Participants dressed in fundoshi loincloths pray in a pool of freezing-cold water during the annual midwinter ice-water bathing (kanchu-suiyoku) purification ceremony at Teppozu Inari Shrine in Tokyo. (Photo by Rodrigo Reyes Marin/Zuma Press)
Young people take part in the Coming-of-Age-Day ceremony at Meiji Jingu Shrine in Tokyo. The holiday is held to congratulate and encourage all those who have become adults in Japan. (Photo by Rodrigo Reyes Marin/Zuma Press)
A woman in a colorful kimono prays at Meiji Jingu Shrine in Tokyo on Coming-of-Age Day (Photo by Rodrigo Reyes Marin/Zuma Press)

Rodrigo Reyes Marin is a freelance photojournalist and videographer based in Tokyo.