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Saw this in my latest Blowfish update and had to cross post the goodies!

Caught in the Net said:
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I have yet to visit Japan, but I now know when during the year is the best time to go: early April, to coincide with the Kanamara Matsuri, aka the Festival of the Steel Phallus.

Taking place annually, Kanamara Matsuri is ostensibly a fertility celebration, but manifests as a big dick party (and feel free to interpret "big" as a modifier of either subsequent word). The streets of Kawasaki, Japan, are filled with giant penis shrines, phallic lollipops, daikon radishes grown or carved into appropriate shapes, even massive wooden tallywhackers presented for young women in schoolgirl outfits to rub themselves against. Apparently, visitors can always tell when this last is happening, as an explosion of camera flashes is the inevitable result.

This year's festival was on April 2nd, and the event always happens on a Sunday.

According to the Wikipedia entry, the Kanamara Matsuri centers around a local penis shrine venerated by prostitutes for its supposed ability to help them avoid STDs; these days, money raised by the festival goes to HIV research. The name of the event refers to the story of a woman with a demon in her cooch that would castrate men, and the iron dildo used by a blacksmith to break the demon's teeth. Sounds like an advertising opportunity next year . . .

Articles about Kanamara Matsuri can be found at MSN Japan and Japan Today; a photographer with the handle of "Boss Latte" has a Flickr page up with pictures of this year's festival.

* Wikipedia entry, Kanamara Matsuri
* MSN Japan
* Japan Today "Metropolis"
* Flickr

Gotta love those pictures! Those crazy Japanese! :D

and this in a country which does not allow the depiction of pubic hair....
 
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