🏮 Shimadachi Hadaka Matsuri
島立裸まつり
Matsumoto, Nagano (Tsushima Shrine) · Every year on 30 June (eve festival) and 1 July (main festival)
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Rooms around Matsumoto, Nagano fill up while the festival is on.
A ritual passed down since the Edo period in the Horiage district of Shimadachi, Matsumoto City, Nagano Prefecture, and designated a Nagano Prefecture intangible folk cultural property in 1988. After the rice planting, local elementary school boys walk along the footpaths between the fields wearing rokushaku fundoshi (traditional loincloths), praying for a good harvest and the warding off of disease.
Getting there
The nearest station is Murai Station on the JR Shinonoi Line. About 20 minutes on foot. Alternatively, use a taxi.
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