Some 7,980 men in loincloths fiercely jostled to touch the "lucky man" during the recently held Konomiya Naked Festival at a ...

The Konomiya Naked Festival, known as a bizarre festival, was held at Konomiya Jinja shrine in the city of Inazawa, Aichi ...

Hundreds of people gathered Sunday at a Buddhist temple in downtown Tokyo, eagerly stretching their hands to catch the dried ...

KATSUURA, Chiba -- A total of about 20,000 "hina" dolls will decorate various locations in this eastern Japan city during the ...

A scantily clad shrine parishioner ... the annual cold-endurance festival at Kanda Myojin Shinto shrine in Tokyo, Saturday, Jan. 18, 2025, a traditional Japanese way of purifying soul and praying ...

Phallic portable shrines are paraded through the streets ... visitors can appreciate an aesthetic history of Japan. Tokyo’s top festival dates back centuries. The full version, which will ...

Men hold up burning torches during a traditional festival dating back about 1,400 years at Kamikura shrine in Shingu, ...

INAZAWA, Aichi -- Some 7,980 men in loincloths fiercely jostled to touch the "lucky man" during the recently held Konomiya Naked Festival at a Shinto shrine in this central Japan city. This ...

TOKYO (AP) — Dozens of people soaked and splashed themselves in painfully icy cold water on Saturday in a pool at a Tokyo shrine, adhering to Japanese tradition to purify the soul and pray for ...