This picture taken early on January 29, 2026 shows parishioners of Yatsurugi Shrine walking to the pier of the lake bank before measuring the ice at Lake Suwa of Nagano Prefecture. The Japanese priest and his parishioners gathered before dawn, hoping that climate change had not robbed them of the chance to experience an increasingly rare communion with the sacred. (Photo by Philip FONG / AFP via Getty Images) / To go with 'JAPAN-CLIMATE-RELIGION-NATURE-ENVIRONMENT-SCIENCE,REPORTAGE' by Harumi OZAWA