Fertility Festival Japan

It is venerated here as a result of its role. The first sunday in april marks the celebration of the shinto fertility festival the kanamara matsuri or the festival of the steel phallus known colloquially as the penis festival these festivities celebrate just that.

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The city of kawasaki was a major stop on the old tokaido road between tokyo and kyoto with a corresponding number of tea houses and the shrine has long been popular among.

Fertility festival japan. If that s indeed right then maybe they shouldn t have invited the two she men at the front. Yes you read the title right. Those thinking that the festival of the steel penis is something outrageous and sexually intense might be a bit disappointed since this is often considered a family friendly fertility festival where both children and adults can pay tribute to the wonder of reproduction.

It started in 1978 and amusingly the festival had a much quieter existence until people began uploading youtube videos of a huge phallic structure being carried down the road and foreigners both in japan and abroad caught wind of this remarkably unusual celebration. The shinto kanamara matsuri かなまら祭り festival of the steel phallus is held each spring at the kanayama shrine 金山神社 kanayama jinja in kawasaki japan the exact dates vary. See who s going to kanamara matsuri 2020 in kawasaki japan.

Japanese penis shinto fertility spring festival festival 金まら祭り kanayama jinja kawasaki daisho. Hōnen means prosperous year in japanese implying a rich harvest while a matsuri is a festival. Kanamara matsuri which translates as festival of the steel phallus is a shinto festival held annually on the first sunday of april in kawasaki japan.

More likely it has to do with japan s unspoken homosexual past and present and the fact their little fellas don t even make two inches. The fertility festival is held to pray for protection against stds. The hōnen festival and ceremony celebrate the blessings of a bountiful harvest and all manner of prosperity and fertility.

The power of the male genitalia. The main festivities fall on the first sunday in april. The phallus as the central theme of the event is reflected in illustrations candy carved vegetables decorations and a mikoshi parade.

The kanamara festival aka the penis festival at kanayama shrine in kawasaki features phallic images in everything from the decorations to snacks as well as your regular festival food there is also a mikoshi portable shrine parade of numerous giant phalli around noon men in drag carry the pink elizabeth mikoshi donated by a drag queen club called. The penis is the central theme of the celebration and appears in myriad forms shapes and sizes. Harvest festival 豊年祭 hōnensai is a fertility festival celebrated every year on march 15 in japan.

The deities enshrined in kanayama shrine the site of the festival are believed to promote sexual health and fertility as well as ward off stds and infections.

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