THE PHALLIC-EST FESTIVAL ON EARTH
Time flies ... Can you believe it's already this time of the year where the giant pink penis portable shrine goes through the streets of Kawasaki, Japan!
Don't tell me you have never hears of a giant penis festival, I mean fertility festival? We talk about it every year on OhLaLa ;-)
The Kanamara Festival is an annual fertility festival is traditionally held in the cherry blossom season. This local penis-venerating shrine was once popular among prostitutes who wished to pray for protection against sexually transmitted diseases. Today, the festival is used to raise money for HIV research. Many travellers from Europe or US visit and attend the festival.
Phallus lollipops, carved japanese radish, candles, it's all there for all tastes and preferences.
If I may add, they call it a giant phallus, but proportionally speaking the size is actually kind of a micro-phallic shape! You'll see the Japanese radishes carved by an old Japanese man in our gallery below ... that's what I call proportion ... lol!
More fun shots from today's phallic festivities below.
