Nude Festival - Japan

Improved quality version now uploaded: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=io_WDUdCLnU

February 2006
For most of the year, Kounoniya is a peaceful place. But in winter, religious ritual joins with drunken delirium to create one of Japan's most extraordinary sights -- the Nude Festival.

In temperatures close to zero, a designated 'Spirit Man' is stripped and beaten by the crowd. The ritual, which dates back over a thousand years, is meant to absorb the city's punishment and brings good luck. As one participant admits: "It's more important than my wife."

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[Spqu]

@gyaradosgengar You can't serously be that ignorant? Ever heard of the word progress ? If it weren't for people copying each other and evolving it culture would have pogressed much slower.

What did Europe copy from America and where do they stand now? care to elaborate?

Btw. Japan didn't invtent gunpowder or the kite, that was china *Facepalm*

[MinisterAilingTongue]

@gyaradosgengar You can't be as ignorant as...

Toyota got its start during the Korean War. Toyota trucks were easily obtained, so they carried American troops and materiel. In short, Toyota grew as part of American economic stimulus. That answers your Toyota claim.

It's funny that you mention gunpowder. While ancient Chinks found for it no better use than firecrackers in a millennium, Europeans weaponized it over a few centuries.

From electronics to administration, all were imports from America.

[FrontalViolator]

@gyaradosgengar japan can do everything? 1997 IMF. boom, roasted.

[121Minx]

@billyasik no willies either -_-

[billyasik]

Thumbs up if you're disappointed because this nude festival is for men only.

No tits here, im out,

[Danfitz2010]

@chabomzie is "the war" you refer to ww2? Don't get me wrong the imperial Japanese committed heinous war crimes, especially against the Chinese... But it's not like the US didn't go on "jap hunts". Shit you can go on wikipedia or look at Time magazine archives to see photos of Americans boiling the heads of Japanese soldiers to send their skulls back home to their wives/gfs.. What has ww2 got to do with a video filmed in 2006 about a millennia old tradition?

[chabomzie]

Their cocks r puny because they chopped so many heads off during the war. So god is punishin thm.

[dracula343]

So...when do the naked girls come out?