Fans take part in Kawasaki's annual Kanamara Matsuri (Festival of the Phallus) on Sunday. The fertility festival is held to pray for protection against STDs.… ...full story at Japan Today
from Japan Today on Sun, Apr 06 2008
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Tagata Jinja - The Fertility Festival, aka Penis Fetival »
YouTube video The festival held at Tagata Jinja Shrine in Aichi, Japan. This festival is for celebration and hope for a successful fertility. This shrine features many penis' carve out of wood, stone and other materials. Too bad the festival is ruined by scores of... |
| 07 Apr 08 |
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Revisiting the Kanamara Matsuri (the Festival of the Steel Phallus) » Kimono Karen If you recall last year, I went to a place where it is all about fertility, and more dramatically, the penis. (Click here for last year’s valuable history lesson.) This place is a very unique spot in Japan, known for its yearly festival when the cher... |
| 08 Apr 08 |
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Fertility Festival - Kanamara » Guano Island Japan Probe has a great photo set on the Kanamara Matsuri festival |
| 09 Apr 08 |
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Inuyama Matsuri by night » Loulogue Today was the start of Inuyama’s 374th annual spring festival: Inuyama Matsuri. This festival in Inuyama’s castle town has always been held on the first Saturday and Sunday of April ever since it started in 1634. During this festival thirteen three ti... |
| 19 May 08 |
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Picture of the Day › Kobe festival » Japan Today Children take part in the 38th Kobe Matsuri (festival) on Sunday. |
| 12 Nov 08 |
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Oooo, haven't seen one of them before » British Gal Does Tokyo The gals went to a Fertility Festival (ancient festival... Japanese culture and all that. Not, I hasten to add, some puerile event that involves sucking candy cock. I mean, the festival does involve sucking candy cock, but in a spiritual, cultural kind of... |
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