Japanese fertility festival

Thousands flocked to a small shrine here Sunday to take part in the Kanamara Festival, an event with roots dating back centuries and known for its huge consecrated phallus portable shrine carried mostly by transvestites.

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16 Responses

  1. castertroy7708

    2008 Aug 31 1

    It like Hindus …
    It like Hindus worship Shiva Linga, which means Penis of lord shiva. That too is for fertility and women who want to get married…

  2. Amethyst96

    2008 Aug 31 2

    Ah, pinches …
    Ah, pinches Japoneses enfermos sexuales… parece que no piensan en otra cosa mas que estar cogiendo… pero no mames, como ponen a niñas y niños en esos festivales.

  3. yukiEkimy

    2008 Aug 31 3

    o my god!..hihi..
    o my god!..hihi..

  4. cfourier

    2008 Aug 31 4

    I want to change my …
    I want to change my religion! No Vatican, no taliban!

  5. demonkogure

    2008 Aug 31 5

    maaara!maaarasama!
    maaara!maaarasama!

  6. HAYUPAKARINGID

    2008 Aug 31 6

    I was in japan, and …
    I was in japan, and man was I glad I had my penis with me (wink wink)

  7. robfilmer

    2008 Aug 31 7

    excellent video! …
    excellent video! We’re studying Japanese mythology, and I will show this to the class.

  8. baronlaserfist

    2008 Aug 31 8

    wow they sure do …
    wow they sure do love their dong over in Japan

  9. genestarwindjf

    2008 Aug 31 9

    Would love to go to …
    Would love to go to that festival.

  10. engros

    2008 Aug 31 10

    aren’t they saying …
    aren’t they saying dekai mara “Huge penis”?

  11. xbbtaddictedx

    2008 Aug 31 11

    Cool. No IM Not …
    Cool. No IM Not Sick Minded Just Thinking … Hey Thats A Cool Way To Worship Something Hm?

  12. Antonielly

    2008 Aug 31 12

    Só falta fazerem um …
    Só falta fazerem um touro mecânico no formato de pênis… Hehehe!

  13. takamatsuyade

    2008 Aug 31 13

    its nice festival.i …
    its nice festival.i wanna join it.please tell me where this festival was held?

  14. ZL11

    2008 Aug 31 14

    … well… I dunno …
    … well… I dunno about that. Looks like any other fertility festival. As Minazuki says, they’re praying for children. It’s done in dozens of countries. In the US, we just don’t do it because PENIS IS BAD. Hell, sex is BAD, but we think about it all the time, ne?

  15. hugecox

    2008 Aug 31 15

    Teaching them to …
    Teaching them to worship the penis; i love this culture… teach em’ young

  16. minazuki

    2008 Aug 31 16

    It is a festival …
    It is a festival for mother who doesn’t have the child.
    It is a festival that wishes the child to be born.
    There is a festival of 100 or more in Japan.
    The history of the festival of Japan is old.
    A part of the festival of Japan is recorded on the site below.
    http://www5b.biglobe.ne.jp/~area-ken/festival/
    http://homepage1.nifty.com/zpe60314/matsuri.htm


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