(Video) Young adults celebrate in the New Year's sea. A mid-winter mikoshi training event at Katase Beach/Fujisawa

Translated from the original article at: http://news.kanaloco.jp/localnews/article/1301200011/

January 20, 2013

Together, yelling out with enthusiasm, young adults who recently came of age enter the New Year's ocean, shouldering a mikoshi=Eastern Katase Beach, Fujisawa City

Young adults celebrated and prayed for a year of health and well being at a mid-winter mikoshi training event. It was held on the 20th on East Katase Beach in Fujisawa City.

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After a cleansing was performed on shore, new young adults wearing red and white tasukis began guiding 4 mikoshi. Yelling out together, they entered the New Year's ocean.

Put together by the Fujisawa*Kamakura Mikoshi Federation, this year was the 32nd occasion of the event.

Original text:
【動画】新春の海で新成人祝う、片瀬海岸で「寒中神輿練成大会」／藤沢
2013年1月20日

威勢のいい掛け声とともに、新春の海に入る担ぎ手＝藤沢市、片瀬海岸東浜

新成人のお祝いと一年の無病息災を祈る「寒中神輿練成大会」が２０日、藤沢市の片瀬海岸東浜で行われた。

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浜でお祓いを済ませ紅白のタスキをかけた新成人は、４基の御輿（みこし）を先導。威勢のいい掛け声とともに、新春の海に入っていった。

藤沢・鎌倉神輿連合会の主催で今年で３２回目。