Japan’s ‘godless’ lake warns of creeping climate change | AFP

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Japan's 'godless' lake warns of creeping climate change | AFP

For centuries, priests from Japan’s Yatsurugi Shrine have led the watch for a phenomenon called “God’s Crossing” at Nagano’s Lake Suwa which is becoming rarer due to climate change. Known as “miwatari” in Japanese, it occurs when a crack opens up in the frozen lake surface, allowing shards of thinner ice to break through and form a ridge where local deities are believed to have crossed.

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