alive in the future," Mieko Itano, a spokeswoman from the Okayama tourism board, told CNN Travel.
When the lights go out at 10 p.m., a priest throws 100 bundles of twigs and two lucky 20-centimeter-long shingi sticks into the crowd from a window four meters above.The 10,000 or so men, packed in like sardines, jostle with each other to get hold of one of the bundles and/or the two sticks. Whoever succeeds is guaranteed a year of good fortune, according to legend.
Men in loincloths bathe in cold water to purify their souls as part of the "Hadaka Matsuri" at Saidaiji Temple on February 15, 2020 in Okayama, Japan.The festival evolved from a ritual that started 500 years ago during the Muromachi Period , when villagers competed to grab paper talismans, which were given out by a priest at the Saidaiji Kannonin Temple.
in 2016. It's one of several"naked festivals" held across Japan, with another held at Yotsukaido in Chiba prefecture, featuring men in loincloths fighting and carrying kids through mud as a method of exorcism.
I'm guessing there'll be a lot of wood grabbing...
They are not naked....
JessicaSwiet There's nowt as queer as folk
JessicaSwiet Not 1st April yet surely not ?
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Perfect for the coronavirus! Might have given this a “miss” this year! Asia!!!!
Or a fistful of COVID-19🤢
The naked thing is not ummm
Wait 💁What did I just read🤔😳😳
Mhmmm yes quite gay.
Seems like a giant sausage fest. 🤢
Hmmm... sounds like Trump and Putin in Moscow.
dude, that's not a stick you're grabbing.
Wonder how many grab twigs and berries
They're packed like sardines in a can... Is there a picture of the stick? I'm just curious.
You: Bruh that's not the stick, that's my 'shaft' ( ͡ʘ ͜ʖ ͡ʘ) Strange dude in front of you: I know, I'm not here for that stick (͡ ͡° ͜ つ ͡͡°) You: you What?!?! ( ಠ ͜ʖಠ) That dude: What? ( ‾ʖ̫‾) 😂😂😂😂😂
This is too much 😂😂😂😭
Festival inherited for more than 500 years
Why would you even report this? Spreading the disgusting deviance
Oddly, those who do not get sticks get poked anyways.
Don’t they have to bend over to pick them up?
'Naked dudes fight to grab a priest's twig.'
Yeah right bend over for a stick
What kind of priest want to get part of this?... Oohh, that kind of priests.
Japanese has been freaking for ages.
Some of them have the mouth and eyes wide open. Probably they get a few other 'sticks '😏
Special guest this year.....the Coronavirus!!!!
Sausage Matsuri
They all too call it, THE BUGGERING FESTIVAL! 😳
Interesting. Why only men?
10,000 guy's trying to grab a stick? OMG
Be careful what twig and stick you hold on to
This is ridiculous.
Looks pretty gay. Lol. Jk
Clothes were invented for a reason
Oh hell no!! I know how this ends!
But it only comes true if you're naked?
Anyone seen Don?
Oddly there was not one Wang in the bunch.
'...jostle for twigs and sticks...' 😆
Talk about a sausage fest.
No weirder than getting on your knees in front of a priest so you can eat the flesh and blood of your saviour.
This is comical. I hope they reconsider especially with CV spreading fast around the world
Disgusting
I wonder what the fortune is of the men who have their own twigs grabbed by mistake.
Religion be making anything up
👀
Sausage factory!!!
Love Japanese people, but some of their festivals, etc, are very, very weird! 😃😃😃
eagletallion I thought it was strange that NickMiller09 asked me to go with him to Japan
Wonder how many times the phrase “That’s not a stick” is uttered
JapanToday japantimes CNN attacking Japanese culture, shameful.
Or pink eye
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Oh, my eyes…
I know sticks and twigs are not the only thing grabbed in there
Bet you there are lots of “Twigs” and “Sticks” grabbed ;)
'That is NOT a good fortune stick !!!'
Vraiment il y a des culture incroyable, chacun son truc
They’ll catch something deadlier than the corona virus.....
This sounds Disgusting. Weird. Very Weird.
JessicaSwiet And coronavirus!! What’s the rules on getting an erection ? Instant disqualification 🤷🏼♂️
According to legend? 🤦♂️
Wow,,,its in the brain ,,progressing?
Even with coronavirus around the corner? Good riddance to bad rubbish 🚶🚶.
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More human brainwashed ijuts.
Sorry but you can't have good fortune , not with such stupidity !
Jfc religion is stupid
I'll stick w mediocrity, thanks
Che miserie. Purtroppo è il futuro 🙏🙏🙏😐
Corrupt News Network apparently Michael Avenatti caught the twigs and sticks last year
Corona Virus watches from a distance with a smile 😊
I have so many questions
Conservatives. They'll do anything to get their hot dog between some buns and call it a sport.
It makes all sense.....🤭
Sausage fest
Priest you say?
Please, Portland Oregon has a naked bike ride group.
Way too claustrophobic in there, beside the trampling 😨👎👣
That's enough internet for today. It's 12:31 a.m.
They could just go out in the woods and get their own twigs and sticks.
Oh my.
Hepatitis
in questo caso hanno bisogno di una grande ramoscello per avere tanta fortuna per tutti
“Coronavirus-Fest”
I’m sure more twigs were grabbed than were thrown.
In the US it’s called Pride week.
Sausage party
Over 10 thousands or so , naked males cramming and grabbing sticks .
Looks like people in Costco jostling for position to score a sample cocktail weenie.
let me guess, Asia
Satanic! NakedFestival RaucousNakedFestival
gay
And you sent Anderson Pooper and Brian Stelter to cover right?
I feel for them with the conoravirus threatening and taking lives around. God help these men
Is the TheOnion?
Yeah. No. That’s not for twigs 😂
if one patient..
So that’s what the kids are calling it these days, grabbing sticks!
Something ain't right here🤔
I thought that was called an orgy
einsteinhotshot
what coronavirus ?
So what else do they catch beside the sticks I’d say if they went home with nothing they’d be lucky for years after that 😬
Gayyyy
What? No naked virgins tossing sticks😧
Naked Festival, priest seeing ‘Naked Feast-ival’...
Naked men grabbing twigs n sticks. Baahhaaa!
I bet a lot of twigs and sticks were grabbed!
I think being surrounded by 10,000 naked dudes is decidedly bad luck.
haloefekti Just an excuse for a bunch of gay guys to rub their twigs and berries.
Wtf did I just read?
Wrong stick fool
Why is it always men having these naked events or strong male to male contact sports?
Hey! Look! It's the Bernie Bros!
Whatever ancidnt priest came up with this was clearly Japan's original troll.
Asians are usually smart. Surprising that they'd believe this crap lol.
My thought process: “Is it... oh, it’s mostly... no yeah... yeah it’s all guys.”
Naked, that is strange when they are that close.
这就是传说中的裸奔
I bet it's not the sticks and twigs being grabbed. With that many naked men, butt to butt, guess what they're really grabbing.
Yeah, hard pass for me thanks
🙏😂china is celebrating dog meat festival, Japan is celebrating naked festival........
Gay
I do this nearly everyday and still have terrible luck.
oh no there only way to arrest the bhopal railway station construction workers the contractor too during 13 february 2020 appeared they needed put custody will sentenced to prison for the bhopal railway bridge collapse on construction workers as made 4 days after failure
I would be concerned about naked guys grabbing for twigs and sticks. I shall wait for the naked log rolling contest
Twigs and sticks? Sounds kind of fruity
ChrisPesto aka your average weekend
More like a rape festival, disgusting
This is like a gay edition of Where’s Waldo. See if you can spot Mayor Pete in the man pile.
Whole temple area smellin' like 10,000 musty sweaty ballsacks...
Sounds gay
Pass
Sounds a bit too gay for me
All it takes is someone there has the virus! Yikes...
The things humans do in the name of tradition is astounding
That's alot of junk crammed together.
Wtf is going on?
I don't see any socks on 😳
Orgy time!
Hard pass
Seems a little gay.
Ewww
Ultimate skinship among Japanese.
Sounds like a bunch of wild and crazy guys!
Uhhhh, no thank you. 🙂
So we going to let this cook or we pointing out this a lot for a secret hook up.
wtf
Say what?
Kinky!
This sounds .... insane.
Bet Buttigieg was there.
Oh moo
“Why do we have a virus problem around the country?”
Sounds like an average day in the house of Katie Hill
Its just dudes....lame
When is the next festival please 😒
Is that really news, oh, that’s right you’re CNN.
Somebody is getting pregnant in that festival... 😂
No girls. Booooooring 🙄
gross
cool
Please cover your mouth when you cough folks 😷
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