INAZAWA, Aichi Prefecture--Women officially joined a so-called "naked festival" at a shrine in central Japan on Thursday for the first time in the event's 1,250 year history, donning purple robes ...

The event became known as the naked festival because male participants only wear a Japanese loincloth called a “fundoshi” and a pair of white socks called “tabi.” This year’s Somin-sai ...

An annual event commonly known as the “naked man festi­val” came to an end after nearly 1,000 years due to the declining population in the area, organizers said. The Somin-sai festival ...

Dozens of people soaked and splashed themselves in painfully icy cold water on Saturday in a pool at a Tokyo shrine, adhering to Japanes ...

An association to preserve Japanese folktales is on a mission to ... “Kani no Fundoshi” (A crab’s loincloth) from Tottori, Tottori Prefecture; “Ryujin to Ogon no Tachi” (A dragon deity ...