Japan’s Naked Festival Why did Women Start to Join this Year
Japan’s Hadaka Matsuri, or Naked Festival, is a traditional event that dates back to over 1,200 years ago. It is held every year in February at the Konomiya Shrine in Inazawa, Aichi Prefecture. The festival involves thousands of men wearing only loincloths and socks, who compete to touch a chosen man, or shin-otoko, who is believed to bring good luck …