Kanamara Matsuri Festival in Kawasaki

SHOW & TELL - I am sorry if this post offends, with the obscene pictures and crude language.Have a date with the Festival of the Steel Phallus in Kawasaki in Spring. The climax of the annual fertility festival, falls on the First Sunday of April! Swelling numbers of Tourists, Locals and even Transvestites attend the celebration! It is a time for people to let loose, throw their inhibition out of the window and HAVE FUN! Much to the delight of the gawking and camera frenzy onlookers! Festive foreplay includes licking candied genital parts and taking snapshots with the wooden penis or of vegetable penis carvings!
One of the many "stars" for the day -







The festival is simply quirky & outrageous! The procession of "cocks" being carted down the street is a yearly highlight!







SEX is in the air, other than selling food for you to nibble on. You can buy anything that depicts kama sutra!




Perhaps they should hold more of such festivals, as Japan has one of the lowest birth rates in the region! Jokes aside, the origin Kanamara Matsuri was because prostitutes wanted to pray for protection against sexually transmitted diseases.


Getting there:
Board the JR line from Tokyo Station To JR Kawasaki Station. Switch to the Keikyu Daishi Line and take the train from Keiku Kawasaki Station to Kawasaki Daishi Station. Follow the crowd and you will be led to Kanamara Shrine, the centrepoint of the festival!