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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 ...