Okayama Prefecture's most famous festival is its Naked Festival. But for those with a taste for the slightly odd, there is a lesser known festival in Okayama that you should probably consider attending. Aida-cho is a beautiful little town, set among the green hills of eastern Okayama, one of severa...

Hadaka Matsuri: The Naked Truth about Okayama's Strangest Festival Five hundred years ago, priests of Saidaiji Temple in Okayama Prefecture regularly undertook ascetic training around the time of the New Year. When finished, they would receive paper talismans, called Go-o, as proof that they had co...