Japanese version of the Phish glow stick toss

10,000 naked men reach out to grab lucky sticks for 2019

OKAYAMA--A whirlpool of near-naked men massed on a dark temple compound here on Feb. 16 as they sought to become the luckiest man of the year.

About 10,000 men in white loincloths, whose bodies were emitting steam in the cold night air after being purified in frigid water, scrambled for wooden sticks believed to bring luck at the Kinryozan Saidaiji temple.

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