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Edit: I haven't posted a thread on SA in years. Can a mod please change the tag? Thank you. At the suggestion of someone in the rules thread, I am making my own thread in case people's work connections are being monitored for  content. There's no nudity, but there are a lot of phallic references. Consider yourself warned.I had the opportunity last spring to visit Japan during a festival called Kanamara Matsuri. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanamara_Matsuri. There's a legend about a toothy demon hiding inside a woman's vagina. It bit off two suitors' penises and so the woman sought help from a blacksmith to help her out. He built an iron phallus and when they inserted it, the demon bit down thinking it was a penis, broke all its teeth, and fled. The item was enshrined at the Kanayama Shrine, and once a year they bring multiple phallic shrines out and parade them down the street. I thought it would make for some good photos. At the very least, the sales of products now support AIDS research, so we also get to support a worthy cause. As you can see, the shrine is incredibly busy this day, but they put up big flags with erect penises on them.   Oh hey, what's that in the background?  Live music:  Apparently the rules of sexuality go out the window here. This was my first experience with a man dressed as a female anime character:  This photo was stolen by The LAD Bible for a video about Kanamara Matsuri. It went viral with 20 million views, and I ended up spending several hours talking to their legal team to get them to delete the video, so if you look at the photo business thread title, yeah that's me  . Did they delete it? No.  Here is the line to get into Kanayama Shrine itself:  They sell lots of penis-shaped candy:  And candles:  They have wooden penises on display:  One of the things they do at all the temples I went to is sell little wooden prayers. At this festival, they sold prayers for fertility, healthy births, etc. Here are a few of those:    By the time I realized that they were soon going to start the parade, I was hopelessly stuck in the back behind masses of people. There's a giant pink phallus followed by an enshrined black penis way up there.  Everybody pushed forward trying to get a closer view of the enshrined penises.  The area opened up once the parade left, and I went back to people watching.  This woman is cosplaying as Perona from the anime One Piece.  She would happily pose with people, so I had someone take our picture with my cell phone:  We were told that there were more vendors selling candy and food and such outside the temple at a nearby park, so we started hoofing it over there. We met some girls trying to sell these:  We also kept running into this dude. I think he was promoting a club:   We thought we'd gotten to the park when we arrived here, but it turns out this is a temple ground that had a lot of street vendors:    Themed food:  But I don't understand why there's an animal cracker with a koala on the tip:  I was really upset because these two guys posed for some hilarious photos and they didn't turn out sharp. They appeared to be drunk off their asses:   They would also pose with anyone, and in retrospect I should have totally gotten a picture with them too.  We came to this shrine and a young monk told us that if we waited about 15 minutes we could participate in a chant ceremony. We did, and photography was prohibited, but let me tell you it was AWESOME. Best part of the day.  The cherry blossoms were in full bloom, and everyone was photographing them:   Creeper angle of some dude eating a penis lollipop:  People of all ages were here. I was kind of surprised, but it's a totally foreign culture to me:  Chubby baby!  Can anyone explain why these girls in tinfoil hats are being escorted by a police officer somewhere?  Oh, there was also vagina-shaped candy too:    It's now been several months since the festival, and I'm only sharing now because I have a desktop PC again. I would like to go back; I hear airfare is really inexpensive right now. I felt like although I took some fun pictures, I missed a lot of opportunities for some great photos. Not speaking the language was a serious disadvantage as there was an announcer with a microphone and I probably would have known better about the goings-on. Now that I know where to be and when, I think it would be easier for me to do this but at the same time the festival is being overrun by foreigners looking for a good time. I can understand the desire; I mean, I was a foreigner looking for some fun photos. I really consider it a highlight of my trip to Japan, and it's only going to get busier as word spreads about this interesting festival. It's held on the first Sunday in April, so in 2017 mark your calendars for April 2nd. Drewski fucked around with this message at 15:57 on Sep 16, 2016 |
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Oh when you asked about it in the rules thread you made it sound like you went to the Gaping Assholes Festival or something. This is pretty cool.
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Sep 23, 2016 08:22
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This festival sounds awesome and I love it.SoundMonkey posted:Gaping Assholes Festival So this is going to be the new subforum title right
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Sep 23, 2016 12:55
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I've got a bunch of pictures from a naked bike ride recently, although it would be much better titled the "old man dick ride." Also this is neat.
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Sep 23, 2016 16:40
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Soopafly posted:"old man dick ride." modddddddddds
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Sep 24, 2016 11:45
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SoundMonkey posted:Oh when you asked about it in the rules thread you made it sound like you went to the Gaping Assholes Festival or something. This is pretty cool. Sorry about that. I wasn't really sure what to expect myself, and it turned out to be a super fun day. I spent the morning here and the afternoon at the Cup Noodle Museum. Japan is freaking awesome in so many weird ways. I recommend going, and getting a spot near the temple entrance by 10 or 11 if you want crazy pictures of people carrying the penis shrines. The parade I believe was at noon.
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