What better to complete a trip to Japan than a bit of penis pandemonium? As luck would have it I was just passing through Kawasaki when they were celebrating their annual Kanamara Matsuri festival, when a gigantic bright pink iron penis is carried from a shrine through the streets with locals and visitors dancing after it! This is a true newspaper report of the event from Japan's english language paper: "Also, for people a bit peckish, there’s the usual fare of noodles and nibbles on offer, although for those particularly partial, a pecker or even a pussy may also be purchased. The former, on the whole, is a firm favourite! "An event that, along with phallic food, is a festival with the focus very much on fun and a fair amount of fornication. "The morning’s penis-based
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