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Naked festival at western Japan temple

Men wearing only loincloths jostle in a bid to grab two sacred wooden sticks during the over-500-year-old Saidai-ji Eyo festival at Saidai-ji temple in the western Japan city of Okayama on Feb. 15, 2025. A person who gets a stick is called a fukuotoko, or "lucky man."

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Naked festival at western Japan temple

Men wearing only loincloths jostle in a bid to grab two sacred wooden sticks during the over-500-year-old Saidai-ji Eyo festival at Saidai-ji temple in the western Japan city of Okayama on Feb. 15, 2025. A person who gets a stick is called a fukuotoko, or "lucky man."

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Naked festival at western Japan temple

Men wearing only loincloths jostle in a bid to grab two sacred wooden sticks during the over-500-year-old Saidai-ji Eyo festival at Saidai-ji temple in the western Japan city of Okayama on Feb. 15, 2025. A person who gets a stick is called a fukuotoko, or "lucky man."

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Naked festival at western Japan temple

Men wearing only loincloths jostle in a bid to catch a sacred wood stick at the over-500-year-old Saidaiji Eyo festival at the Saidaiji temple in the western Japan city of Okayama on Feb. 17, 2024. A person who gets a stick is called a fukuotoko, or "lucky man."

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Naked festival at western Japan temple

Men wearing only loincloths jostle in a bid to catch a sacred wood stick at the over-500-year-old Saidaiji Eyo festival at the Saidaiji temple in the western Japan city of Okayama on Feb. 17, 2024. A person who gets a stick is called a fukuotoko, or "lucky man."

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Naked festival at western Japan temple

Men wearing only loincloths jostle in a bid to catch a sacred wood stick at the over-500-year-old Saidaiji Eyo festival at the Saidaiji temple in the western Japan city of Okayama on Feb. 17, 2024. A person who gets a stick is called a fukuotoko, or "lucky man."

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Naked festival at western Japan temple

Men wearing only loincloths jostle in a bid to catch a sacred wood stick at the over-500-year-old Saidaiji Eyo festival at the Saidaiji temple in the western Japan city of Okayama on Feb. 17, 2024. A person who gets a stick is called a fukuotoko, or "lucky man."

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Saidaiji Eyo festival in Okayama

OKAYAMA, Japan - Thousands of men wearing only loincloths try to hold their ground in hopes of catching two lucky sacred wooden sticks at the Saidaiji Eyo festival at Saidaiji Kannonin, a temple in Okayama, western Japan, on Feb. 15, 2014.

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Naked festival at western Japan temple

Men wearing only loincloths jostle in the cold in a bid to grab two sacred wooden sticks during the over-500-year-old Saidai-ji Eyo festival at Saidai-ji temple in Okayama, western Japan, on Feb. 15, 2020. A person who gets a stick is called a fukuotoko, or "lucky man." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Naked festival at western Japan temple

Men wearing only loincloths jostle in the cold in a bid to grab two sacred wooden sticks during the over-500-year-old Saidaiji Eyo festival at Saidai-ji temple in Okayama, western Japan, on Feb. 15, 2020. A person who gets a stick is called a fukuotoko, or "lucky man." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Naked festival at western Japan temple

Men wearing only loincloths jostle in the cold in a bid to grab two sacred wooden sticks during the over-500-year-old Saidai-ji Eyo festival at Saidai-ji temple in Okayama, western Japan, on Feb. 15, 2020. A person who gets a stick is called a fukuotoko, or "lucky man." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Naked festival at western Japan temple

Men wearing only loincloths jostle in the cold in a bid to grab two sacred wooden sticks during the over-500-year-old Saidaiji Eyo festival at Saidai-ji temple in Okayama, western Japan, on Feb. 15, 2020. A person who gets a stick is called a fukuotoko, or "lucky man." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Traditional festival in Japan

About 10,000 men wearing only loincloths jostle in hopes of catching two lucky sacred wooden sticks at the annual Saidaiji Eyo festival, the 509th of its kind, in the main hall of the Saidaiji Kannonin temple in Okayama, western Japan, on Feb. 17, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo