`` Hirakasa Naked Visit '' Iwate Hachimantai Jan. 8:17:14
In Hachimantai City, Iwate Prefecture, a "Hirakasa Naked Visit" was held to pray for a year-long absence from illness. During the snowfall, women and children dressed in white costumes paraded around the town.
It is said that the naked wanderers in the Hirakasa district of Hachimantai city hoped that people who feared the eruption of Mt. Women have begun to participate.
On the morning of the 8th, 35 local women and children dressed in white costumes gathered at the local shrine.
As the snow fell, the participants joined the shrine, holding white paper to prevent evil spirits from entering their bodies, and rang their bells to another shrine about 8 km away. On the way, the party stopped in front of the people waiting on the roadside and prayed for a year-long sickness and safety at home.
The 44-year-old woman who attended said, "I participated for the first time with my first grade daughter. There are not so many women who are naked, so I would like to participate again next year."
A 35-year-old woman who participated for the third consecutive year said, “It has been snowing and I feel the coldest in the last three years. I wished for it. "