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After over a thousand years of tradition, the iconic "Naked Men" festival in Japan's Iwate prefecture has come to an end mainly due to an aging population and dwindling participation. End of tradition: The final iteration of the festival, known locally as Sominsai, was held on Feb. 17 at Kokuseki Temple in Oshu, Iwate prefecture, reported ANN. This year’s event attracted approximately 9,000 attendees participating in different cultural rituals.
The town that consumes the most Natto, a traditional Japanese sticky fermented soybean dish, known for its strong, pungent smell, is not in Ibaraki where most people think, but in fact much further north, as revealed through data from the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications.
A steam of sweat rose as hundreds of naked men tussled over a bag of wooden talismans, performing a dramatic end to a thousand-year-old ritual in Japan that took place for the last time.