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Hadaka Matsuri Festival

If you're looking for a truly unique and unforgettable cultural experience, look no further than the Hadaka Matsuri Festival. This ancient and fascinating festival, also known as the "Naked Festival," is one of the most famous and beloved events in Japan. It's a celebration of tradition, community, and the coming of spring, and it's an experience that you won't soon forget. The Hadaka Matsuri Festival takes place on the third Saturday of February every year, in the city of Okayama. The festival has a long and fascinating history, dating back to the 8th century. Originally a religious event, it has evolved into a celebration of tradition, community, and the coming of spring. During the festival, thousands of men, dressed only in loincloths, gather at the Saidaiji Temple to compete for lucky charms called "shingi." The men jostle and push each other as they try to grab one of the sacred shingi, which are thrown into the crowd by priests. The atmosphe

Japan Tourist Destination on Budget

Japan became one of the world's popular destinations. Various types of tours can be found and feel in this place, ranging from cultural tourism, technology tours, shopping tour to family tourism in the theme park. If you want a vacation to Japan, there are things that need to be considered and planned. Like when is the right time for a vacation to Japan. One Travel Consultant from Topland, Marcus, said the right time and fitting for the first time travelers to Japan is at the end of March or early April. In addition to the air temperature is not cold and not hot, at that time is a blooming Sakura flower season that can be enjoyed by tourists. While the tourist destinations that must be visited in Japan, he suggested Tokyo Tower as a place to be visited. "Well if for the first time can come to Tokyo first, there can be to Tokyo Tower .If if to Jakarta is incomplete if not to Monas, if going to Tokyo is incomplete if not to Tokyo Tower," he told cozyresort.com w

Thousand of People Naked in Japanese Naked Festival Hadaka Matsuri

Japan is Unique. Many eccentric things you can find in this country, from food, appearance, until the unreasonable Habit. One of them is naked in the winter habits or better known as Hadaka Matsuri or Naked Festival. Quoted from page jnto.go.jp , this festival began 500 years ago, when everyone compete for a paper talisman, which is called Go - o from the Priest. According to the Japanese public confidence and Japanese culture, good things will happen to anyone who managed to get the paper. After that, the number of people who ask the amulet continues to increase from year to year. However, because the paper is easily torn, the talismans paper are converted into wooden planks. While shouting " Wasshoi ! Wasshoi ! ", The men who follow this festival started thronged the temples . Although the Hadaka Matsuri festival is held in the winter , the spirit of the participants have not decreased , but even more fiery. Now this Hadaka Matsuri festival even be a unique tour

10 Amazing Japanese Roller Coasters

When traveling to Japan, many people want to visit popular places, shopping or tasting culinary trademark. Actually there are other activities that you can do if you visit Japan, especially for challenging activities adrenaline enthusiast. Tested the activity in question is a roller coaster with extreme speed and altitude. So many exciting roller coasters scattered throughout Japan. Here are ten Japanese Roller Coasters “intrusiveness” in The Samurai country. The Steepest Japanese Roller Coasters that give you Thrill 1 . Dodonpa Fuji - Q Highland Amusement Park, Yamanashi prefecture although pink with zebra dappled, but  this one Japanese Roller Coasters does not mess around. The Roller coaster Speeds of up to 172 kilometers per hour. Built more than 10 years ago, a roller coaster which became the tourist attraction of foreign tourists was one of the first to use air pressure technology to run it. 2 . Takabisha Fuji - Q Highland, Yamanashi prefecture it usually consists o