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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