By SHIGEHITO NAKAZAWA/ Staff Writer
February 13, 2022 at 08:00 JST
Men relax after using a sweat sauna and taking a polar plunge at the frozen Lake Kuttari in Shintoku, Hokkaido, on Jan. 15. (Shigehito Nakazawa)
SHINTOKU, Hokkaido--An import from Finland has led to scenes of semi-naked men running out of a hot sauna hut and jumping into a hole in the ice covering a frigid lake here this winter. [Read More]
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