About 10,000 Japanese men clad only in loincloths braved freezing temperatures to pack into a temple at the weekend and scramble in the dark for lucky wooden talismans tossed into the crowd, in a ritual that dates back more than 500 years.

Loin-clothed men brave cold for Japan's 'naked festival'

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Loin-clothed men brave cold for Japan's 'naked festival'