In early April, scores of revelers collect within the metropolis of Kawasaki, about half-hour south of Tokyo, to have fun Kanamara Matsuri – Japan’s notorious penis pageant, with a reputation translating roughly to Pageant of the Metal Phallus. Kanamara Matsuri’s important festivities have taken place on the primary Sunday of April since 1969 (sure, critically).
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 limitless array of phallic merch!
“Superb. So enjoyable, so distinctive, such a special expertise,” one Australian vacationer who went to this 12 months’s gathering informed Euronews. “It’s so bizarre coming from Australia to see one thing like this, however it appears like everybody’s having a good time.”
