In early April, scores of revelers collect within the metropolis of Kawasaki, about half-hour south of Tokyo, to have a good time Kanamara Matsuri – Japan’s notorious penis pageant, with a reputation translating roughly to Competition of the Metal Phallus. Kanamara Matsuri’s most important festivities have taken place on the primary Sunday of April since 1969 (sure, significantly).
On the pageant centering on the um, organ and fertility, attendees get to erect gigantic penis statues on handheld shrines, take pleasure in penis-shaped lollipops, purchase penis-shaped candles, and (clearly) costume as penises. There’s a seemingly infinite array of phallic merch!
“Wonderful. So enjoyable, so distinctive, such a distinct expertise,” one Australian vacationer who went to this yr’s gathering advised Euronews. “It’s so bizarre coming from Australia to see one thing like this, nevertheless it seems like everybody’s having a good time.”
