Pics Of Japan’s Penis Competition, Kanamara Matsuri

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 competition, with a reputation translating roughly to Competition of the Metal Phallus. Kanamara Matsuri’s primary festivities have taken place on the primary Sunday of April since 1969 (sure, severely). 

On the competition 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) gown 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 yr’s gathering informed Euronews. “It’s so bizarre coming from Australia to see one thing like this, but it surely seems like everybody’s having a good time.”