Hadaka Matsuri
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.
| Hadaka Matsuri | |
|---|---|
 Participants receiving purification by water at the naked festival at Saidaiji in Okayama. | |
| Observed by | Japan |
| Type | Religious |
| Significance | Celebrates the blessings of a bountiful harvest and all manner of prosperity and fertility |
| Date | Third Saturday in February |
| 2020 date | February 15 |
| 2021 date | February 20 |
| 2022 date | February 19 |
| 2023 date | February 18 |
| Frequency | annual |
Naked festivals are held in dozens of places throughout Japan every year, usually in the summer or winter. The most famous festival is the Saidai-ji Eyo Hadaka Matsuri held in Okayama, where the festival originated over 500 years ago.[1] Every year, over 9,000 men participate in this festival[2] in hopes of gaining luck for the entire year.
See also
References
- "Near-naked Japanese men scramble for 'lucky sticks'". BBC News. 2019-02-17. Retrieved 2020-09-08.
- "Saidai-ji Eyo Hadaka Matsuri". Jnto.go.jp. Retrieved 2019-06-11.
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