Japan’s millennia-old ‘naked man festival’ ending because of population decline | CNN
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Somin-sai festival, better known as “naked man festival,” held for the last time, becoming latest Japanese tradition to fall victim to aging population crisis.
  • KingJalopy @lemm.ee
    15·
    5 months ago

    Maybe if they had a bunch of young really good looking guys run around naked it would help?

  • TallonMetroid@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    5 months ago

    Wasn’t there an announcement recently about this festival letting women participate for the first time (albeit in non-naked roles) precisely because of population issues? Or did Japan have more than one naked man festival?

    • XTL@sopuli.xyz
      2·
      5 months ago

      I think in one of the many many posts about this, someone presumably from Japan said it’s a different one.