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Emiko Jozuka, CNN • Updated 17th February 2020
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Tokyo (CNN) — Thousands braved chilly weather on Saturday to gather at the annual "Naked Festival" in Okayama prefecture in the southern part of Japan's Honshu island.
The event, called "Hadaka Matsuri" in Japanese, is a wild and raucous festival held every year on the third Saturday of February at the Saidaiji Kannonin Temple, about a 30-minute train ride from Okayama city.
But the 10,000 or so male participants aren't as naked as the festival's name suggests.
They sport a minimal amount of clothing; usually a Japanese loincloth called a "fundoshi" and a pair of white socks called "tabi."
The festival, which celebrates the blessings of a bountiful harvest, prosperity and fertility, starts at around 3:20 p.m local time with a separate event for young boys -- aimed at fostering interest in younger generations.
"We hope they will be able to keep the tradition alive in the future," Mieko Itano, a spokeswoman from the Okayama tourism board, told CNN Travel.
In the evening, the men spend an hour or two running around the temple grounds in preparation and purify themselves with freezing cold water, before cramming themselves into the main temple building.
When the lights go out at 10 p.m., a priest throws 100 bundles of twigs and two lucky 20-centimeter-long shingi sticks into the crowd from a window four meters above.
The 10,000 or so men, packed in like sardines, jostle with each other to get hold of one of the bundles and/or the two sticks. Whoever succeeds is guaranteed a year of good fortune, according to legend.
The shingi are more sought after than the less-coveted twigs, which can be taken home. The whole event lasts around 30 minutes and participants emerge with a few cuts, bruises and sprained joints.
Visitors come from all across Japan and a few from abroad to take part. Some attend the event alone, but many participants join as part of teams representing local businesses.
Men in loincloths bathe in cold water to purify their souls as part of the "Hadaka Matsuri" (Naked Festival) at Saidaiji Temple on February 15, 2020 in Okayama, Japan.
The festival evolved from a ritual that started 500 years ago during the Muromachi Period (1338-1573), when villagers competed to grab paper talismans, which were given out by a priest at the Saidaiji Kannonin Temple.
More and more villagers wanted those lucky paper talismans and the ritual grew in size. But they realized that when they went to grab the paper it ripped. Their clothes just got in the way too, so they eventually did away with them and exchanged paper for wood, said Itano.
With its long heritage, the festival was also designated an Important Intangible Folk Cultural Asset in 2016. It's one of several "naked festivals" held across Japan, with another held at Yotsukaido in Chiba prefecture, featuring men in loincloths fighting and carrying kids through mud as a method of exorcism.
There are plenty of other festivities to check out for those that don't feel like stripping down to a loincloth in mid-winter, too.
Before the main Okayama event, there is an afternoon of traditional dances and a performance by a troupe of female drummers. A fireworks show starts at 7 p.m.
At Gofuku-dori, a nearby shopping street, locals open their doors and welcome participants and spectators.
You don't have to be a local to take part in the main "naked" event. You can either register in advance to buy your loincloth and tabi socks, or buy them on site if you feel like joining in.
This year, festival organizers have also taken extra precautions amid the coronavirus outbreak . Itano suggested participants in the naked part of the festival not wear masks during the rough and tumble part of the main event. However, she added that hand sanitizers were placed at the temple entrance and around the festival.
Saidaiji Temple 3-8-8 Saidaiji-naka, Higashi-ku Okayama-shi, Okayama-ken 704-8116 Japan
Top photo: Approximately 10,000 men in loincloths try to snatch a lucky wooden stick during the "Naked Festival" at Saidaiji Temple on February 15, 2020 in Okayama, Japan. Credit: Asahi Shimbun via Getty Images
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Communal bathing has long been a part of traditional Japanese culture. Mixed-gender bathing, though, or konyoku , as it’s called in Japanese, is something that’s been largely phased out at hot springs and sento (public baths), with the vast majority of such facilities now having two separate bathing areas for male and female customers.
An exception is made for young children though, with Japanese society, for the most part, thinking it’s no big deal for a mother to take her young son into the women’s bath with her, or vice-versa for a father and daughter in the men’s bath. The question is what age qualifies as “young,” there’s now a new legal cutoff in Tokyo.
Previously, children as old as nine were allowed into the bath for the opposite sex, provided they were bathing with a parent or guardian, of course. As of January 1, though, the new age limit is six, meaning that once children hit the age of 7, boys are legally allowed only in the men’s bath, and girls the women’s.
The new ordinance comes in the wake of a survey by Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare last spring which found 6 and 7 to be the ages at which the largest number of children felt embarrassed by being in the bath for the opposite sex. The ministry then recommended that lawmakers revise their jurisdictions’ regulations accordingly, with Tokyo, and a number of other municipalities, making the change at the start of 2022.
As the new policy went into effect, some parents at a public bath in Tokyo’s Higashikurume district weren’t happy about the stricter rules, as shown in the video below. A father who came with his three children, two sons and an eight-year-old daughter, was disappointed that the group won’t all be able to go into the bath together, as was the girl herself.
Another mother worries about sending her son into the men’s bath on his own when he turns 7, and the concern isn’t just about the child’s safety. In Japanese-style bathing, you’re supposed to thoroughly wash your body at a shower station so that you’re completely clean by the time you dip so much as a toe in the communal tub, in order to keep the shared bathwater clean. The mother wonders if a seven-year-old will be able to meet that standard of cleanliness without a parent present to double-check their self-washing skills. A still grubby kid jumping into the tub could cause discomfort for the other bathers as well as problems for the bathhouse’s staff if so much grime is tracked into the tub that it has to be drained and cleaned before customers can get back in.
However, the vast majority of commenters on the video have no problem with the new law, with some saying it doesn’t go far enough.
“Just gonna have to make sure your kids can properly wash themselves by the time they’re 7. That’s part of raising them right.”
“I’m fine with this. There was a startlingly old girl in the men’s bath one time when I went in, and I’m sure a boy that big in the women’s bath would have made them feel uncomfortable too.”
“I think they should make the age limit for being in the opposite sex’s bath even lower.”
“I think 3 or 4 years old should be the max.”
“It’s kind of a difficult question, since there are many kinds of family situations [such as single parents or families where both parents can’t come to the bathhouse at the same time because of work].”
“If it’s such a problem for parents, then they don’t have to come to the public bath in the first place.”
As alluded to by the last comment, though communal bathing was once more or less an unavoidable necessity of life in Japan, in the modern era it’s pretty much an optional way to get clean. Two or three generations ago, it still wasn’t all that unusual for Japanese homes, especially those of working-class families, to lack bathing facilities, meaning family members had to make regular trips to their neighborhood public bath. Nowadays, though, all but the most spartan of apartments have a bath/shower combo, so going to the sento is more a leisure activity than a cornerstone of anyone’s hygiene routine.
That shift in public bath usage habits is likely part of the reason why the age limit has now been changed, and even prior to the new rule going into effect, it was unusual to see nine-year-olds in the opposite sex’s bath. If going to a sento is a purely discretionary choice, then the question of what makes bathers’ time there comfortable and enjoyable becomes more important, and “That kid seems kind of old to be in this bath to me, but maybe he/she doesn’t have any other options” becomes a less likely conclusion.
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Learn from the Germans (and other Europeans) where mixed nudity is much more accepted and practical than in Japan. Japan slowly becomes a strange culture and country, under the really bad puritan-USA influence - including this sick and discussing association of nudity with sex and sexuality.
Japan slowly becomes a strange culture and country, under the really bad puritan-USA influence - including this sick and discussing association of nudity with sex and sexuality.
THIS 100% Thank the influence of the command during the occupation of Japan, particularly Douglas MacArthur for being worried that the "good ol'" American boys would be bringing home a "souvenir" that their wives and girlfriends wouldn't want!
I’m uncomfortable taking a bath in front of complete strangers period. I’m not even religious but find the practice so odd. I think I still have ptsd from the first and last time I ever used a public bath haha!
Ebisan: you should read the article. It was only recently onsen was separated into gender only. Close to a hundred ago onsen slowly change to gender only. This has nothing to do with being offended by nudity. It was about man not wanting other man bathing with there female partner. Often disagreements turn into arguments so disturbing other users. Today onsen in a place were both female and male can relaxed without being distracted by the opposite sex. Use your common sense about what kind of argument were occurring like why are you look at her you are my husband and vice a verser. Today we have the problem with pedifiles and to avoid any disturbance the age limit of children is being disgust. Today we also have the problem of gays bathing with there partner. To allow this you will be discriminating against heterosexual partner where there female or male partner are not allow to join each other in the same onsen but guy partner are exempted. That is a clear case of discrimination against the heterosexual partners.
As the new policy went into effect, some parents at a public bath in Tokyo’s Higashikurume district weren’t happy about the stricter rules, as shown in the video below. A father who came with his three children, two sons and an eight-year-old daughter, was disappointed that the group won’t all be able to go into the bath together, as was the girl herself.
Some parents who are opposed to this can just go to public baths outside Tokyo!
Don't see the big deal with the kids. Did this in Europe in the saunas. Men, women, kids. Just people enjoying the steam and heat. Now, you start having outside cultural influences and then you see this type of change.
But it seems reasonable at the age of 6/7. Some kids are hitting puberty a bit early and can be a bit awkward, however it should be the parent that has the decision in this case and not a government rule.
The public baths in Japan were all mixed, just one bath for everyone, until MacArthur decided to end the practice and made the baths separate male and female. I was born and raised and live here in Shinjuku, and have been going to the same public bath all my life. My friends also go, and the bath is more of a social get together than for getting clean. When I was in junior high the family of one of my friends installed a bath and he stopped coming. Two months later he started coming again. He said the bath was too narrow, but we all know he missed the social experience with all his friends. We all experienced going to the mom's side when we were kids, so we girl and boy friends could all play together naked. We didn't think it was strange in any way, it was just a normal thing.
I'm not sure what age limit should be set but there some parents who seem oblivious to the development of their children. A few years back on holiday in Hokkaido, a father brought his daughter of about 10 into the men's section. She knew she shouldn't be there, her embarrassment was obvious. Really creepy.
Children should not come to public bath or onsen at all. It's a place for relaxation and children are running around noisily.
I can’t remember the last time I went to a sento. There used to be a few bathing establishments around my house but they all went out of business.
Today we also have the problem of gays bathing with there partner. To allow this you will be discriminating against heterosexual partner where there female or male partner are not allow to join each other in the same onsen but guy partner are exempted. That is a clear case of discrimination against the heterosexual partners.
Single sex bathing is discrimination now because there are ‘gays’ in there? Maybe there are still some ‘pedifiles’ in there too. How will you know?
When I go with my family (wife and daughters) to an onsen, we'll book a private bath. We do that for a number of reasons. One of which, being my tattoos, but also so that we can bathe and spend time together as a family.
For a public onsen bath or sento though. I do agree setting an age limit and that it should be set at either 7/8. At that age, your child should already know how to wash themselves and how to behave themselves in a public setting.
By that age they are also more aware and conscious of their own body and how they are different to the opposite gender.
My girlfriend of 10 was a Onsen manager. This was when i first meet her. I wanted to know more about the Onsen Culture and started to question her about the young girls in the male onsen. I had no concerns about the practice of children bathing with their parents. I was told this has always be permitted so I realised it is cultural. Other elements of the Japanese culture I wondered about concerning children was the easy access they had to alcohol at vending machines. My girlfriend told me that she offen was sent to the vending machine to get a few beer for her father. So I realised quickly that there is a big divide between culture on parenting. Like most Japanese children walk to school compared to the busing system in the west. Seeing these children walking to and from school having fun and snow fight alway brings a smile to my face. It a different culture and onsen are a big part of Japanese culture so I see difficulties with issuing a age limit. Like a comment above I think it is the parent decision not a government try to Aline it culture towards the west.
Learn from the Germans (and other Europeans) where mixed nudity is much more accepted and practical than in Japan
Though nudity might be more accepted, I do not think that bathing nude freely with other people and specially the one from the opposite sex is accepted. It is only accepted in dedicated naturist and nudist zones
To finish with my comment above, kids nudity until a certain age, 3-4 at least has always been accepted among communities all over the world when it comes to bathing.
In Japanese-style bathing, you’re supposed to thoroughly wash your body at a shower station so that you’re completely clean by the time you dip so much as a toe in the communal tub, in order to keep the shared bathwater clean.
Completely untrue in the men's bath, so mother, don't worry. Can't say I have seen anybody wash themselves before getting in. They think a quick Kakeyu suffices (if at all). He'll be fine.
The mother wonders if a seven-year-old will be able to meet that standard of cleanliness without a parent present to double-check their self-washing skills. A still grubby kid jumping into the tub could cause discomfort for the other bathers as well as problems for the bathhouse’s staff if so much grime is tracked into the tub that it has to be drained and cleaned before customers can get back in.
Well, if you teach them before that age like all the mothers I grew up around, the kids will be alright.
Japanese people need rules for everything. They can't do anything without rules.
Haven't you heard? Independent thought and autonomy will lead to the collapse of Japanese society! Taking initiative will cause munity! No, no; all must conform to the whims of one.
Nine is far too old to be going into opposite sex baths in my opinion. I'd have no issue with it if the kid was just with family members but among strangers? No. Especially for little girls - we all know that an unhealthy number of Japanese men have a fetish for the very young. If it were me, the cut-off age would be 5.
The real problem is the adults that are sharing these bath houses with kids, has anyone asked them how they feel about it? some are okay, but others are NOT. I would neve take my kids into the opposite sex bath.
I remember seeing those Mount Fuji Murals in public baths when I was a kid.
Though nudity might be more accepted, I do not think that bathing nude freely with other people and specially the one from the opposite sex is accepted. It is only accepted in dedicated naturist and nudist zones
In Germany and Spain at least, nudity is much more accepted than in Japan, for example many people don't bother using the cabins for changing into or out of their bathing suits and do it in public, in many bathing areas. Some places (seaside, lake or river beaches) would have some kind na
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