A Hadaka Matsuri (裸祭り, 'Naked Festival') is a type of Japanese festival, or matsuri, in which participants wear a minimum amount of clothing; usually just a fundoshi loincloth, sometimes with a short happi coat, and rarely completely naked. Naked festivals are held in dozens of places throughout Japan every year, usually in the summer or ...

There are many other varieties of fundoshi as there are many variations on the principle of a loincloth. For example, the mokko-fundoshi (literally "earth-basket loincloth" because it looks like the traditional baskets used in construction), is made like the Etchū-fundoshi but without a front apron; the cloth is secured to the belt to make a ...

On Lunar New Year, believers and thousands of men wearing loincloths gather at Owari Okunitama-jinja Shrine (Konomiya-jinja Shrine), in the normally quiet Aichi city of Inazawa, to pray for good luck. The festival takes place annually on the 13th day of the lunar calendar, so it always changes dates in February or March.

Feb 20, 2024 · In near-freezing winter temperatures and wearing nothing but white loincloths, throngs of men wrestle one another in a bid to a claim a talisman during Japan’s Somin-sai festival – more...

Jan 27, 2017 · Brave the cold of February for the Saidaiji Eyo Hadaka Matsuri, also known as the Naked Man Festival, and considered Japan's third oldest festivals. Thousands of near-naked men—clad only in traditional Japanese loincloths—face the cold to compete for sacred offerings thrown to the crowds at the climax of this annual religious rite.

During Saidaiji Eyo—also dubbed the "Hadaka Matsuri (naked festival)"—countless men in Mawashi (loincloth worn by sumo wrestlers) scramble for a wooden stick called Shingi. He who wins the Shingi is referred to as the "Fukuotoko (lucky man)" and will receive great health and fortune during that year.

Aug 11, 2016 · The hadaka matsuri or "naked festival" dates back centuries in Japan. Men perform in traditional fundoshi (loincloth) to purify themselves before gods, to bring luck and prosperity or to...

Feb 20, 2018 · Wearing a short loincloth (called fundoshi) that serves as underwear or thong. Summer festivals often involve parading a mikoshi (portable shrine) through the streets or sometimes carrying it to the sea. See: Shintoism. The festivals that take place in winter include a purification ritual with water (most often with ice water!)

Feb 26, 2024 · The Konomiya Hadaka Matsuri is a lively festival where men clad in loincloths engage in intense scuffles. In 2024, the women participated in a related ritual called naoizasa on February 22. This was the first time in the festival's approximately 1,200 …

Apr 7, 2017 · Hadaka Matsuri (translated into “Naked Man Festival“) is a festival over 500 years old held at Saidaiji Temple in Okayama City. It’s billed as “one of the most eccentric festivals in Japan“. (I think the Penis Festival takes top place.) It began with priests throwing paper talismans which participants fought over for good luck, and ...