Japanese Temple Holds Naked Festival

Take for instance, Hadaka Matsuri or The Naked Festival which is lucky talismans thrown by a priest from the Saidaiji Temple in Okayama. In today's climate of social distancing, the video highlights from last year's event (see above) are a surreal reminder of how much has changed. Japanese Temple Holds "naked Festival" Crowds of men wearing nothing but loincloths joined a nighttime festival in western Japan, vying to.

Japan's Raucous 'Naked' Festival Draws 10, Men To Saidaiji Temple. Braving freezing temperatures, the loincloth-clad men participated in a prosperity rite during the day-long "Hadaka Matsuri" festival. Reuters. 02/17/ am www.adultted Reading Time: 2 mins. This time a year ago, thousands gathered for Japan's annual Hadaka Matsuri -- also popularly known as the "Naked Festival"-- in Okayama prefecture in the southern part of Honshu island. The festival called Hadaka Matsuri, or more commonly known as 'Naked Festival', is a Japanese festival where participants wear only a minimum amount of clothing, usually just a loincloth or a happi. On February 15, at pm in Saidaiji Kannonin Temple in Okayama Prefacture, men scrambled in the dark for lucky wooden talismans tossed into the crowd, in a ritual that dates Estimated Reading Time: 3 mins.

Hadaka Matsuris, or “naked festivals,” are held in many cities throughout Japan, but the most famous one occurs in Okayama, where the festival originated. On the third Saturday of every February, thousands of participants, pretty much all men, gather at the Saidai-ji Temple in Saidaiji-naka either completely naked or wearing loincloths. More formally known as the Festival of the Steel Phallus, Kanamara Matsuri is celebrated annually on the first Sunday in April, at Kanayama Shrine in Kawasaki, just south of Tokyo. Its origins can be traced back to an ancient Japanese legend. As the story goes, a vicious demon hid inside the vagina of a young woman after falling in love with her. JAPAN’S “Naked Festival” where thousands of men strip down to battle for a “holy stick” has gone ahead despite the coronavirus pandemic. The Hadaka Matsuri, which takes place at the Sadaiji Kannonin temple on Honshu island, has been described as a “writhing ball of flesh”.

This time a year ago, thousands gathered for Japan's annual Hadaka Matsuri -- also popularly known as the "Naked Festival"-- in Okayama prefecture in the southern part of Honshu island. In today's climate of social distancing, the video highlights from last year's event see above are a surreal reminder of how much has changed since then. And this year was no exception. But the Covid pandemic has cast its long shadow over proceedings, forcing organizers to pare things down significantly.