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Inazawa-City Konomiya Naked Festival

Date : 02/10/2025


  • Konomiya Naked Festival
  • Konomiya Naked Festival
  • Konomiya Naked Festival

A torrid festival of… half-naked men!

Each year, the Konomiya Naked Festival is held on the 13th day of the New Year on the lunar calendar. In Japanese tradition, the ages of 25 and 42 are believed to harbor bad luck, and so thousands of men of those ages come from all around the Owari region wearing loincloths and white traditional Japanese footwear. These half-naked men carry colorful portable shrines mounted on long, ribbon covered poles and long stalks of freshly cut decorated bamboo in the hopes of dispelling bad luck. Then, festival takes a dramatic turn with the energy reaching new levels as the "Shin-Otoko", or "Lucky Man" makes an entrance! The men do their best to touch the Shin-Otoko as doing so is said to do away with misfortune.

Spring religious rites × winter shrine visits

The Naked Festival, or Hadaka Matsuri comes originally from a rite doing away with bad fortune at the major shrine of the Owari region, Owari Okunitama Jinja Shrine, some 1,250 years ago. The custom of visiting the shrine in a half-naked appearance during the cold of winter blended into the original ceremony, becoming the Naked Festival of today at around the end of the Edo period.

Don't miss the gigantic batch of ceremonial rice cakes!

Giant ceremonial rice cakes are given as an offering from various areas neighboring the Owari region. The size is a staggering 4 tons or so.
From 8:00 am on the day after the main festival on the 14th day of the lunar calendar's New Year, the rice cakes are offered to the Naoiden Hall before being cut up and distributed. Many worshippers come to get a piece of the rice cake as eating it is said to keep you healthy and stave off illness.

EVENT OVERVIEW

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Date : Mon, Feb 10, 2025
Holding time : 3:00 pm
Place : Konomiya Sando Road leading to Owari Okunitama Jinja Shrine
Location : 〒492-8137
1-1-1 Konomiya, Inazawa-shi, Aichi
Fee : Free of charge

Note:
• Prices are subject to change. Check the official site, etc. for the most up-to-date information.
Parking : Traffic restrictions apply around the shrine three days before and after the main festival. No parking is available at the shrine, so public transportation is advised.
Restrooms : Available
Phone number : 0587-23-2121 (Owari Okunitama Jinja Shrine Office)

Note: This page may not be current due to update time differences between site databases.
Should accuracy be critical, please verify this information using a direct source, whenever possible.

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ACCESS

  • Access by public transport
    Access by public transport
    From Nagoya Station, take the Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line bound for Ichinomiya and get off at Konomiya Station. Upon exiting the station building by the West Exit, take the underground passage to your left in order to cross to the east side of the station. After climbing the stairs, walk 5 min. northeast to Owari Okunitama Jinja Shrine.underground passage to your left in order to cross to the east side of the station. After climbing the stairs, walk 5 min. northeastwards to Owari-Okunitama Shrine.

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