Hadaka Matsuri [Naked Festival] Celebrated by Revelers in Japan.

On Saturday the 15th, around 10,000 people gathered at the Saidai-ji Temple in Okayama, where a priest stands a few feet above the rest of the crowd and throws a pair of, what are considered lucky, shingi sticks from the window. Not covered in more than a loin cloth and a pair of white socks...

THE FAMED HADAKA MATSURI FESTIVAL IN JAPAN ATTRACTS TOURISTS

Highlights:

• The “Naked Festival” is a famous ritual specifically for young men to bring them luck
• It is held at Honshu Island’s Okayama Prefecture

The Hadaka Matsuri festival is held annually in the southern Honshu ...