Region 10
Chugoku
New Year rites handed down at temples and shrines.
Tottori · Shimane · Okayama · Hiroshima · Yamaguchi
Okayama
A New Year naked festival of Saidaiji Kannon-in. On the night that concludes the Shushoe rites, men in loincloths contend for sacred wooden talismans (shingi) cast down from the main hall.
Typically: Annually on the third Saturday of February
