Revellers parade giant penises to dash stigma in Japan's fertility festival
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“Japan's annual fertility festival features phallus-shaped portable shrines and pink penis candies.”
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— The Shinto Kanamara Matsuri (かなまら祭り, "Festival of the Steel Phallus") is an annual Japanese festival held each spring at the Kanayama Shrine (金山神社, Kanayama-jinja) in Kawasaki, Japan. The exact dates …
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— Phallic processions are public celebrations featuring a phallus, a representation of an erect penis.
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“The festival honours a local blacksmith from the Edo Period (1603-1868) who forged an iron dildo to defeat a demon.”
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— Japanese festivals, or matsuri (Japanese: 祭り), are traditional festive occasions often celebrated with dance and music in Japan. The origin of the word matsuri is related to the kami (神, Shinto deitie…
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— Kawasaki, officially Kawasaki City, is a city in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, one of the main cities of the Greater Tokyo Area and Keihin Industrial Area. It is the second most populated city in Kanaga…
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— Yabiji (八重干瀬; Miyako: /jaːpɨ̥ɕi/), also known as Yaebiji, Yaebise, Yaebishi, and Yapiji and appearing on some historical Western nautical charts as Providence Reef, is the largest coral reef group in …
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“A three-foot (one-metre) black steel phallus sits in the courtyard of the Kanayama Shrine.”
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— The Shinto Kanamara Matsuri (かなまら祭り, "Festival of the Steel Phallus") is an annual Japanese festival held each spring at the Kanayama Shrine (金山神社, Kanayama-jinja) in Kawasaki, Japan. The exact dates …
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— The Koganeyama Jinja (黄金山神社) is a Shintō shrine in the town of Wakuya Tōda District, Miyagi Prefecture in the Tōhoku region of northern Japan. It claims to have been built on the site of the first go…
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“The shrine honours Shinto deities of fertility, childbirth, and protection from sexually transmitted infections.”
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“Japan's birth rate fell for the 10th straight year in 2025, with 705,809 babies born, a 2.1% decrease from 2024.”
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“The festival has evolved from sex workers seeking protection at the shrine to a broader fertility rite.”
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