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Japan’s millennia-old ‘naked man festival’ ending because of population decline (edition.cnn.com)

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

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