Hadaka Matsuri
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A Hadaka Matsuri is a type of Japanese festival, or matsuri, in which participants usually wear a minimum amount of clothing – usually just a fundoshi loincloth, sometimes with a short happi coat – an
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Participants receiving purification by water at the naked festival at Saidaiji in Okayama.
Happi
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A happi is a traditional tube-sleeved Japanese coat, usually worn only during festivals. Happi typically feature symbols and/or text on the lapels, with a larger design on the back of the coat, typica
Hadaka Matsuri
…festival, or matsuri, in which participants usually wear a minimum amount of clothing – usually just a fundoshi loincloth, sometimes with a short happi coat – and rarely are completely naked. Naked festivals are held in dozens of places throughout Japan every year, usually in February or November…
Women at a festival wearing a happi
Men in Hakata Gion Yamakasa wearing a happi
Edward Dudley Metcalfe (left), Edward, Prince of Wales (centre), later Edward VIII of the United Kingdom and Lord Mountbatten (right), wearing a happi