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Video: Naked Winter Fest Celebrated

news.nationalgeographic.com — Nearly naked men test their strength in snow and cold water as part of an annual Japanese festival believed to date back a thousand years.

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  • ThinkBox, on 02/15/2008, -4/+24^ Aaronstorn Has posted links to videos that automatically download .EXE files, WTF? this is on Digg now? Bury, Block, Report!!
  • doubleshot, on 02/15/2008, -18/+125 diggs... front page. Interesting.
    • blackbeardtron, on 02/15/2008, -3/+3Not really. Why are people always so ***** amazed when things hit the front page?
    • Otto, on 02/15/2008, -1/+1Commenting on digg algorithim = buried, reported, blocked.

      Comments are for the story, dick.
  • sat0shi, on 02/15/2008, -6/+6I'm not sure if this is the same festival, but Japan has been by the PC bug and I don't like it one bit.
    One of the reasons I love Japan is because they don't do the same PC ***** that plagues America...
    Unfortunately, one of the "naked" festivals recently had to change a thousand year or older tradition where some of the men become completely naked because it was deemed "inappropriate behavior". Well, don't quote me on that, I'm not sure if they actually changed it or not, but the courts did make this decision. When will people figure out that a naked body is not something to be afraid of?
  • OwlFlavored, on 02/15/2008, -7/+20I'm going to hop on and say that this is not gay before all the closed minded Americans yell "GAY!" It's just culturally different.
    And very, very *****-erotic.
  • Rorsach, on 02/15/2008, -4/+53Almost dugg for "naked". Then i noticed "men".

    Phew, disaster averted.
    • moletimer, on 02/15/2008, -6/+1Likewise.
    • hollywoodphony, on 02/15/2008, -2/+2Hey, way to go, now everybody on Digg thinks you're not gay! We really do! Seriously!
  • dhulser, on 02/15/2008, -11/+4hmm.... maybe that's why the japanese have such small.....
  • OwlFlavored, on 02/15/2008, -10/+1I'm going to hop on and say that this is not gay before all the closed minded Americans yell "GAY!" It's just culturally different.
    And very, very *****-erotic.
    • MaxPayne3476, on 02/15/2008, -2/+3I usually reserve judgment and then I watched the video.... Gay!
  • hokie47, on 02/15/2008, -1/+13Shrinkage
  • Seifey, on 02/15/2008, -10/+1I'm going to hop on and say that this is not gay before all the closed minded Americans yell "GAY!" It's just culturally different.
    And very, very *****-erotic.
  • binorgog, on 08/07/2008, -4/+1It's not very reassuring that Symantec Bloatware 2008 scanned it as SAFE!
  • mytruckhasdents, on 02/15/2008, -4/+7Buried as stupid- "Naked Winter Fest Celebrated" but yet caption says "NEARLY naked MEN" ....1) men are NEARLY naked all the time, who cares? 2) IT'S MEN FOR GODSAKE! 3) Even if you were into men, they're japanese and we all know what they say about the asian guys....
    • mjfitzge, on 02/15/2008, -0/+8they're good at math?
    • hollywoodphony, on 02/15/2008, -1/+2They have slightly higher annual incomes than most?
  • OwlFlavored, on 02/15/2008, -8/+1Holy ***** my comment posted 3 times... sorry guys, unintentional
  • rickpelletier, on 02/15/2008, -8/+2I'm going to hop on and say that this is not gay before all the closed minded Americans yell "GAY!" It's just culturally different.
    And very, very *****-erotic.
  • wimmers, on 02/15/2008, -6/+3Thats a lot of shrinkage - so THATS why asians are soo small...
  • roomforpanic, on 02/15/2008, -1/+8"Only men are allowed to take part in the festival"
    FAIL.
  • mal1964, on 02/15/2008, -1/+3Even a nude beach in Hawaii ( Maui Little Beach) Is usually 85% men (60% heavyset) 15% women ( 12% heavyset). I think that's just how it goes most of the time,
  • tsotha, on 02/15/2008, -5/+0Heh. This might explain the low Japanese birth rate.
    • matriculated, on 02/15/2008, -0/+1Yeah, because Japan is so underpopulated.
  • souljaboytellem, on 02/15/2008, -7/+2"Is it cold out here"
    "Nope just very small.."
  • jerryterhorst, on 02/15/2008, -1/+1haha, funny gorilla link: right in front of the daughter.
  • gnothiseauton, on 02/15/2008, -2/+1The reporter is amazing and gets my full respect. She says this last quote without a hint of laughter or sarcasm in her voice:
    "Finally, one hand clutches the bag above the throng."

  • drgmdp, on 02/15/2008, -4/+2now come and tell me the japanese are not weird people
  • adoxtater, on 02/15/2008, -7/+1I'm going to hop on and say that this is not gay before all the closed minded Americans yell "GAY!" It's just culturally different.
    And very, very *****-erotic.
  • Derrekito, on 02/15/2008, -1/+7 dugg before even clicking the link. I love the Japanese :p.
  • diggelicious71, on 02/15/2008, -1/+5Only in Japan.
  • Puttzy, on 02/15/2008, -1/+6"They are naked except for thin loin cloths" - Well they are not naked then are they!!!
  • Zaggynl, on 02/15/2008, -3/+5naked women > naked men
    buried
    • greenlight2001, on 02/15/2008, -1/+6naked women >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>∞∞∞∞∞∞+1>>>>>>>> naked men

      Fixed.
    • offspring06, on 02/15/2008, -1/+2I agree 100%.
  • DerangedPenguin, on 02/15/2008, -0/+0I fail to see the big deal about covering yourself with freezing cold water and playing in the snow, sounds like a typical night out with they guys, only thing missing is the herring.
    • Otto, on 02/15/2008, -0/+1o_O

      Nobody invite this guy out for sushi.
  • Philbert, on 02/15/2008, -0/+2There's a similar festival I remember hearing about on the Planet Japan podcast a while ago. It still involves (nearly naked men, but they're running through the streets in this one. Here's an article about it by one of the co-hosts, there's pictures in a link at the bottom, but they're very NSFW.
    http://www.2camels.com/hadaka-matsuri-naked-festiv ...
  • Greenergrass, on 02/15/2008, -0/+1Well, it is nice to keep traditions like this but this media business around them spoils all the former spirit of the ceremony
  • cec4242, on 02/15/2008, -0/+3....Back to the pile!
  • coolant, on 02/15/2008, -1/+1YADDA?
  • Shaman760, on 02/15/2008, -1/+1So much for the symbolic nature of the fest. Next year you'll certainly see westerners' faces in the fray. What is it with Westerners and tribal rituals? I don't get it.
  • whalt, on 02/15/2008, -0/+1"Wrestling for the bag." heh
  • dsenman, on 02/15/2008, -0/+1wow, sausage fest
  • wiraqcza, on 02/15/2008, -0/+0Is it really this uncommon? In Poland there are many people called "morses" (walruses) who enjoy bathing in ice cold water.

    Some videos;
    http://youtube.com/watch?v=VFYxUXF-jV0&feature=rel ...
    Start watching from 3:30
    http://youtube.com/watch?v=z3zMem27Rec&feature=rel ...
    http://youtube.com/watch?v=f0Ep7SC90fI&feature=rel ...
    New Years Eve 2007/2008
  • scb0825, on 02/15/2008, -0/+1Buried. Sausage fest; no boobies.
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