A Hadaka Matsuri (裸祭り, 'Naked Festival') is a type of Japanese festival, or matsuri, in which participants wear a minimum amount of clothing; usually just a fundoshi loincloth, sometimes …

Aug 11, 2016 · Japan is home to many local festivals, but some of the best known are the ones in which men run and jump around nearly naked — not for dirty reasons, but for ancient religious …

May 11, 2024 · With a history spanning more than 1,200 years, “hadaka matsuri,” or the naked festival, is Japanese masculinity on full display. Quite literally.

Feb 25, 2024 · It is scene that has barely changed in the 1,250 years the Hadaka Matsuri, or the Naked Festival, has been taking place at the Konomiya Shrine, in central Japan. But this year …

Yayoi Kusama, the internationally famous Japanese artist, has drawn attention over her career with her avant-garde works and performances. However, in looking back on her career of …

Feb 26, 2024 · The age-old tradition of naked festivals (hadaka matsuri) held across Japan is undergoing significant changes. On February 17, the Somin-sai Festival held by Kokuseki-ji …

Apr 18, 2024 · Among the many colorful celebrations, the Hadaka Matsuri, or the Naked Festival, stands apart. This eccentric event takes place yearly at the Konomiya Shrine in central Japan, …

Feb 1, 2023 · The Hadaka Matsuri, or Naked Festival, is an event that dates back to 767 AD and continues to draw thousands of people each year to the Owari Okunitama Jinja Shrine, also …

Accompanying Yayoi Kusama’s show at Tokyo’s Watarium Museum in 2011, Kusama’s Body Festival in 60s portrays the artist’s life through numerous photographs, prints, illustrations of …

Jul 22, 2015 · With Kusama's '60s art currently on a world tour that takes in stops at the Centre Pompidou and Tate Modern, Tokyo audiences are having to make do with an odds-and-sods …