The Mormon missionaries do not participate in the festivities, nor are the cultural halls doing something

https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/japan-naked-festival-intl-hnk/index.html

But I'm I don't think Occidental males have the necessary mindset. Or at least the ones raised in urban settings.

Would any of you hearty male RfM'ers want to participate?

That's tame by Japanese standards.

Among other things Shinto had a good dollop of fertility ritual, and those traditions continue largely to the present day. There are shrines in that country with massive vagina or penis statues and there are annual phallic festivals. If your mommy will turn off the internet filter, google "genitalia in Japan shrines" or "Japan Phallus Festival" and behold the glories of a non-Judaeo-Christian-Islamic culture.

It is hard to imagine a country in which sexual mores are less compatible with Mormonism.

kokigami
https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=kokigami

Why wasn't I given more notice???

After all, it probably takes a good deal of planning to get ALL your clothes off!

Oh, wait, I'm suddenly remembering the late 70s and early 80's, pre-AIDS...

With me, it's more planning to put clothes ON...
just sayin'

Hmmmm. Removing clothing and being purified by water before entering the temple ceremony. Gee. Where have I seen this before?

must have been in a Vision;

Did U note the date & time, exact location this came to you?

nurses mantra: 'If it wasn't documented, it wasn't done'

Ever heard of washing and anointing? Maybe they should hand out the new names on sticks and turn the celestial room into a big mosh pit.

I was afraid this would happen.

Sounds great! Since being liberated from that cult I enjoy hedonism. And Japanese women are in better shape than most Americans.

I think I am turning Japanese. I think I am turning Japanese.

I really think so.