thejapantimes, 
The festival made headlines in 2008, when East Japan Railway, or JR East, refused to display a poster of the festival showing a man with thick chest hair, saying that it "could cause discomfort" to some people. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/02/18/japan/festival-with-1000-year-history-ends/ #japan #temples #festivals #iwate #kokusekiji #depopulation