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Inazawa City

Konomiya Hadaka Matsuri (Naked Man Festival)

Held in Inazawa and rooted in rites once performed to drive off plague, the Konomiya Hadaka Matsuri draws thousands of nearly naked men into a punishing crush of cold, contact, and purification.

Filed Under: Documentary, Matsuri, Travel Tagged With: Aichi Prefecture, Hadaka Matsuri, Inazawa City, Japanese Festival, Konomiya Hadaka Matsuri, Naked Man Festival

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