Men dressed in loincloths react as a priest splashes water on them before they prepare to snatch a wooden stick called"shingi" during a naked festival at Saidaiji Temple in Okayama, Okayama Prefecture Japan February 15, 2020. The person who grabs the wooden stick is considered the"luckiest man of the year". REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon
The highlight of the raucous day-long ‘Hadaka Matsuri’ festival came at 10 p.m. on Saturday, when the lights went out and a priest threw bundles of twigs and two lucky sticks, each about 20-cm -long, among the participants. “Once a year, at the coldest time in February, we wrap ourselves in just a loincloth to be a man,” said 55-year-old Yasuhiko Tokuyama, the president of a regional electronics firm.Plenty of sake and beer is sold outside the temple to warm the revelers, but a purifying plunge into pools of cold water before the start of the festival was a shock to the system for most.
今年はさすがに中止だろうに、恣意的な記事をわざわざこの時期に出すのはどうなの? と思っていたら、本当に開催していた。 呆れた。
The photo is scary…
都有人感染了COVID-19还这样扎堆聚集,日本人胆子真大🙄
That sounds like a lovely idea... considering there's a highly contagious and lethal virus doing the rounds in Japan at the moment. Bravo Japan! the first time a nation picks up the Darwin Award. WuhanCoronavirus
Wth is this?
during a pandemic. WTF
The Coronary Virus will give them a thumb-up.
Will Japan host the Olympic Games as planned before? That's horrible
If one of them has coronavirus, there won't be prosperity this year.
So sad about having these people in my country.
This makes me a tad uncomfortable
Aaaaand... Another 15000 new cases in Japan
Talk about spreading a 🦠
DAWN OF THE DEAD
Wow, corona....corona...corona....
So disappointed. Googled naked Japanese parade and got a bunch of dudes. Fuk that
That looks miserable AF!
I feel disappointed they have no sense of danger about coronavirus. and it's hard to understand about this event even though I'm japanese.
What men do as a bonding ritual leaves much to be desired. And these men make our cars?
This is cultural. Daytona 500 is not.
Wow that’s nauseating.
tamaruhiroshi Zenzu 'Go to Paraíso with me!' (Do you Know Daijirou Moroboshi?)
🙄🙄🙄🙄
Coronavirus sanctuary.
NCOV19
So stupid.
If only one of them had coronavirus
🤔
Are this coronovirus real AR or stage? Cz if it real no one will dare do this, specially in cold
This sort of thing is why I love Japan, never change Japan, never change.
😳Coronavírus loved it! 😬🙄
I guess it was good that it was cold!
Great activity to spread the coronavirus
Clostraphobia
Japani Bhaaiyo?🤔
sadyorubabitch this is ...
Oh dear .....
Yes! They don’t think about Coronavirus.
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