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Toyota City

Nakada Hadaka Matsuri

Image of the Nakada Hadaka Matsuri (Naked Man Festival) in Aichi Prefecture, Japan, by Thaddeus Pope

In Nakada, on the edge of Nagoya, men scramble again and again up slick bamboo poles in a muddy paddy field, sliding back into the mire until the poles finally give way – a small, rough-edged purification rite aimed at driving off bad luck in the yakudoshi years.

Filed Under: Documentary, Matsuri Tagged With: Hadaka Matsuri, Nagoya, Nakada, Naked Festival, Shinto, Toyota City, Yakudoshi

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