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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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Yukake Festival takes place in Kawarayu Hot Springs

NAGANOHARA, Japan - Men wearing traditional Japanese loincloths splash each other with warm water at the Kawarayu hot spring district in Naganohara, Gunma Prefecture, on Jan. 20, 2010, during the annual Yukake Festival. Some 60 men took part in the ritual as they prayed for the prosperity of the region. The resort district had been scheduled to be submerged due to the construction of a dam, known as the Yamba Dam, until the Democratic Party of Japan decided to abort the project.

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Pacific War History 12: Attack by Submarine

History of the Pacific War 12: Attack by Submarine 　<Caption> Soldiers on the mast, observing the surroundings with binoculars, soldiers starting to fire from the mast, a ship being hit, soldiers with guns in their hands advancing on the deck of a ship, Japanese being pulled from the sea onto a submarine, several people removing life jackets from Japanese, Japanese climbing up a submarine boat in loincloths, shooting with submarine deck guns, a tilting ship, soldiers talking to Japanese, a submarine advancing at sea, soldiers watching with binoculars, soldiers hurriedly placing themselves in position. Japanese men in loincloths climb up the submarine, firing by submarine deck guns, tilting ship, soldiers talking with Japanese, 　submarine moving through the sea, soldiers watching with binoculars, soldiers hurrying to their positions, start diving, submarine moving through the water, checking the range, firing torpedoes, submarine operation, etc. 　　 Date of shooting unknown, Date of release: January 1, 1951.

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Hadaka Matsuri at Saidai temple in Okayama

About 9,000 men wearing only traditional Japanese "fundoshi" loincloths jostle over a pair of lucky sticks, 4 centimeters in diameter and 20 cm long, thrown into the crowd during Hadaka Matsuri (Naked Festival) at Saidai temple in Okayama, western Japan, on Feb. 20, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hadaka Matsuri at Saidai temple in Okayama

About 9,000 men wearing only traditional Japanese "fundoshi" loincloths jostle over a pair of lucky sticks, 4 centimeters in diameter and 20 cm long, thrown into the crowd during Hadaka Matsuri (Naked Festival) at Saidai temple in Okayama, western Japan, on Feb. 20, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Men struggle to win charm in good harvest festival

Men in loincloths struggle to win a charm during a festival to pray for a good harvest at a Buddhist temple in the northeastern Japan city of Oshu on Feb. 26, 2015. Around 200 people participated in the festival which has a more than 1,000-year history. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Men splash hot spring water at traditional Japanese festival

Men in red or white loincloths splash hot spring water at one another during a traditional "Yukake" festival at the Kawarayu hot spring resort in Naganohara, Gunma Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Jan 20, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Men drawing water from a well

Men wearing head towels and loincloths are at a well to draw water. This is an old well built with stones. The wall behind them may be that of a former castle. The embankment continues to the foot of a mountain covered with bamboo trees. The location is unknown.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:R. Stillfried, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number76‐40‐0]

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A mother and her daughter in a basket palanquin

The kago (palanquin) was widely used in the Edo Period. Many types were developed for different social classes and purposes. This palanquin has no straw curtain and so is probably a yamakago used for mountain passages. A cushion was used to absorb shocks. The bearers are wearing loincloths, straw sandals and headbands, and they are holding ikizue (breath sticks) to regulate breathing while walking.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number69‐56‐0]

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A cargo carrier

The life of commoners was free and open as shown in this photograph. Men were almost naked on hot days, wearing only head towels, loincloths and straw sandals. These men are most likely gardeners.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number69‐47‐0]

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palanquin bearers

The kago (palanquin) was widely used in the Edo Period. Many types were developed for different social classes and purposes. This palanquin has no straw curtain and so is probably a yamakago used for mountain passages. A cushion was used to absorb shocks. The bearers are wearing loincloths, straw sandals and headbands, and they are holding ikizue (breath sticks) to regulate breathing while walking.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number64‐37‐0]

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Children bathing in the basin of a waterfall and onlookers

More than ten children play in the basin of a waterfall with abundant water. They are wearing loincloths, and people with straw hats are watching.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number19‐20‐0]

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Beach at tomioka hachimangu shrine

The caption reads Tomioka in English, but the photo is believed to be the seashore in Tomioka which served as a resort for hotels and high-ranking government officials in the-mid 1870s. It was also famous as a bathing resort from early days. Fishermen in loincloths are preparing to take the Japanese boat to sea.==Date:unknown, Place:Yokohama, Photo:Kusakabe Kinbei, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number4‐23‐0]

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Yukake Festival takes place in Kawarayu Hot Springs

NAGANOHARA, Japan - Men wearing traditional Japanese loincloths splash each other with warm water at the Kawarayu hot spring district in Naganohara, Gunma Prefecture, on Jan. 20, 2010, during the annual Yukake Festival. Some 60 men took part in the ritual as they prayed for the prosperity of the region. The resort district had been scheduled to be submerged due to the construction of a dam, known as the Yamba Dam, until the Democratic Party of Japan decided to abort the project. (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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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

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Festival of semi-naked men in Osaka temple

Hundreds of young men, wearing only loincloths and headbands, scramble to catch charms to fend off evil that have been scattered from the ceiling of Osaka's Shitenno-ji temple during the annual Doya Doya festival on Jan. 14, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo