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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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Ceremony to drink tea from huge bowl

NARA, Japan - A girl attempts to drink green tea from a huge tea bowl in the year's first ''Ochamori'' traditional tea ceremony at Saidaiji, a Buddhist temple in Nara, western Japan, on Jan. 15, 2012. The bowls used in the ceremony, which dates back more than 750 years, measure around 40 centimeters in diameter and weigh more than 5 kilograms.

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Kid has New Year sip from huge tea bowl

NARA, Japan - A child drinks tea from a huge tea bowl in the year's first traditional ''Ochamori'' tea ceremony at Saidaiji, a Buddhist temple in Nara, western Japan, on Jan. 15, 2010. The bowls, used in the ceremony which dates back more than 750 years, each measure 30 to 40 centimeters in diameter and weigh 5-7 kilograms.

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New Year's tea ceremony with huge bowls at Nara temple

NARA, Japan - A woman drinks tea from a huge tea bowl in the year's first traditional ''Ochamori'' tea ceremony at Saidaiji, a Buddhist temple in Nara, western Japan, on Jan. 15, 2010. The bowls, used in the ceremony which dates back more than 750 years, each measure 30 to 40 centimeters in diameter and weigh 5-7 kilograms.

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Pieces of medieval Islamic ceramic vase discovered in Nara

NARA, Japan - Photo shows pieces of a medieval Islamic ceramic vase discovered at Saidaiji Temple in the ancient Japanese capital of Nara. The pieces with a blue-green exterior and dark green interior surface are believed to date back to the late eighth century.

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Huge New Year's bowl tea ceremony held in Nara

NARA, Japan - A woman is helped by another next to her to drink ''maccha'' green tea from a huge tea bowl in the year's first gathering of the traditional ''Ochamori'' tea ceremony, believed to date back to the 13th century, at Saidaiji Temple in Nara, Nara Prefecture, Jan. 15. Several bowls measuring 30 to 40 centimeters in diameter and weighing 5 to 7 kilograms were used in the ceremony about 20 people took part in.

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New Year's tea ceremony with huge bowls at Nara temple

NARA, Japan - Pilgrims attend a New Year's tea ceremony at the Saidaiji temple in Nara on Jan. 15 that involves huge tea bowls measuring 30 to 40 centimeters in diameter. The bowls weigh as much as 7 kilograms each -- so heavy that some female pilgrims required assistance when sipping the powdered green tea.

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Special tea ceremony held in Nara for New Year's event

NARA, Japan - A girl, helped by two women, drinks tea from a huge tea bowl in the year's first gathering of the traditional ''Ochamori'' special tea ceremony at Saidaiji Temple in Nara, western Japan, on Jan. 15 with the hope of enjoying good health for this year.

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Former Japanese PM Abe dies after being fatally shot in Nara

STORY: Former Japanese PM Abe dies after being fatally shot in Nara DATELINE: July 9, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:01 LOCATION: Tokyo CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the shooting scene 2. various of the hospital that received the former prime minister STORYLINE: Former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe was pronounced dead on Friday after being shot twice by an ex-Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) worker while he was delivering a speech in the western prefecture of Nara. Abe, 67, died at 5:03 p.m. local time, the hospital that received the former prime minister said at a press conference in the afternoon. Abe, also former leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), was shot twice from behind at 11:30 a.m. local time by Tetsuya Yamagami, a former worker for the MSDF and resident of the western city while speaking in front of Kintetsu Railway's Yamato-Saidaiji Station, ahead of Sunday's upper house election, local police and firefighters said. The 41-year-old Yamagami, who worked for MSDF for t

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Ex-Japan PM Abe shot in Nara

Media crews gather in an area near Kintetsu Railway's Yamato-Saidaiji Station in Nara, western Japan, on July 8, 2022, after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was shot while delivering a stump speech for the July 10 House of Councillors election.

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New Year's big bowl tea ceremony at Nara temple

A woman, helped by two other women, drinks tea from a huge bowl in the year's first "Ochamori" traditional tea ceremony at the Saidaiji temple in Nara, western Japan, on Jan. 15, 2016. The bowls used in the ceremony, which dates back more than 750 years, measure around 40 centimeters in diameter and weigh more than five kilograms. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Steam rises as men vie to grab lucky wooden bars at Okayama festival

Steam rises as some 9,000 men jostle in the main hall of the Saidaiji Kannon-in temple in Okayama, western Japan, in a bid to grab two lucky wooden bars during a traditional festival on Feb. 21, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Men vie to grab lucky wooden bars at festival in Okayama, west Japan

Some 9,000 men jostle in the main hall of the Saidaiji Kannon-in temple in Okayama, western Japan, in a bid to grab two lucky wooden bars during a traditional festival on Feb. 21, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Pieces of medieval Islamic ceramic vase discovered in Nara

NARA, Japan - Photo shows pieces of a medieval Islamic ceramic vase discovered at Saidaiji Temple in the ancient Japanese capital of Nara. The pieces with a blue-green exterior and dark green interior surface are believed to date back to the late eighth century. (Kyodo)

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New Year's tea ceremony with huge bowls at Nara temple

NARA, Japan - Pilgrims attend a New Year's tea ceremony at the Saidaiji temple in Nara on Jan. 15 that involves huge tea bowls measuring 30 to 40 centimeters in diameter. The bowls weigh as much as 7 kilograms each -- so heavy that some female pilgrims required assistance when sipping the powdered green tea. (Kyodo)

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Special tea ceremony held in Nara for New Year's event

NARA, Japan - A girl, helped by two women, drinks tea from a huge tea bowl in the year's first gathering of the traditional ''Ochamori'' special tea ceremony at Saidaiji Temple in Nara, western Japan, on Jan. 15 with the hope of enjoying good health for this year. (Kyodo)

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Huge New Year's bowl tea ceremony held in Nara

NARA, Japan - A woman is helped by another next to her to drink ''maccha'' green tea from a huge tea bowl in the year's first gathering of the traditional ''Ochamori'' tea ceremony, believed to date back to the 13th century, at Saidaiji Temple in Nara, Nara Prefecture, Jan. 15. Several bowls measuring 30 to 40 centimeters in diameter and weighing 5 to 7 kilograms were used in the ceremony about 20 people took part in. (Kyodo)

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Ceremony to drink tea from huge bowl

NARA, Japan - A girl attempts to drink green tea from a huge tea bowl in the year's first ''Ochamori'' traditional tea ceremony at Saidaiji, a Buddhist temple in Nara, western Japan, on Jan. 15, 2012. The bowls used in the ceremony, which dates back more than 750 years, measure around 40 centimeters in diameter and weigh more than 5 kilograms. (Kyodo)

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(CORRECTED) New Year's tea ceremony with huge bowls at Nara

NARA, Japan - A woman drinks tea from a huge tea bowl in the year's first traditional ''Ochamori'' tea ceremony at Saidaiji, a Buddhist temple in Nara, western Japan, on Jan. 15, 2010. The bowls, used in the ceremony which dates back more than 750 years, each measure 30 to 40 centimeters in diameter and weigh 5-7 kilograms. (Kyodo)

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Kid has New Year sip from huge tea bowl

NARA, Japan - A child drinks tea from a huge tea bowl in the year's first traditional ''Ochamori'' tea ceremony at Saidaiji, a Buddhist temple in Nara, western Japan, on Jan. 15, 2010. The bowls, used in the ceremony which dates back more than 750 years, each measure 30 to 40 centimeters in diameter and weigh 5-7 kilograms. (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 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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New Year's big bowl tea ceremony at Nara temple

A woman, helped by two other women, drinks tea from a huge bowl in the year's first "Ochamori" traditional tea ceremony at Saidaiji temple in Nara, western Japan, on Jan. 15, 2020. The bowl measures around 40 centimeters in diameter and weigh 5 kilograms. (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