Despite the eye-catching name, the participants who thronged a temple for the 2020 Hadaka Matsuri ... men organise themselves into teams to take part, often based around a workplace – so the ...

In Hadaka Matsuri, the so-called “naked festival ... In Kyoto’s famed Gion Festival, for example, men play the central role of moving the towering floats down the streets.

The Somin-sai was one of the three major Hadaka Matsuri, or "Naked Festivals," held in the country as an annual rite of purification. More from News A centuries-old tradition ended in 2024 due to ...

Sydney’s largest Japanese festival, the "Matsuri Japan Festival," is making its long-awaited comeback after five years. This year, the event will be held with a heartfelt sense of gratitude to ...

but luckily for the scantily clad participants at the Yukake Matsuri festival here, the water was hot. The festival, where local revelers wearing only loincloths splash each other with water ...

The sea of chanting, nearly-naked men tussle, push and shove towards ... barely changed in the 1,250 years the Hadaka Matsuri, or the Naked Festival, has been taking place at the Konomiya Shrine ...

Matsuri Japan Festival, the biggest Japanese festival in Sydney, held at the Wentworth Sporting Complex on the first of December, after a 5-year hiatus. It has previously been held at Darling ...

A group of men use ladles to throw water over the buildings they pass at Hibuse Matsuri, the Fire Prevention Festival in Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture. Temperatures are often below freezing ...

GEORGE TOWN: The Aki Matsuri Festival, which translates to Autumn Festival in Japanese, will be celebrated at Citadines Connect Georgetown at Lebuh Noordin on Sunday (Dec 8). Malaysian-Japanese ...

Kyoto, Japan - October 22, 2024 People in historical costumes leave the Kyoto Gyoen National Garden in Kyoto during the Jidai Matsuri (Festival of the Ages) parade on Oct. 22, 2024. The Worst ...