Ok everyone, its has been about a week, but now i have more photos. WARNING: they are not for all eyes... If you are easily offended by large phaluses then dont bother looking.
The photos are of the Kanamara festival. this festival is actually a serious festival held once a year to pray for "fertility". um i dont know about that. it seems that the whole thing is about worshipping the penis. When we arrived there were people evrywhere. people were buying candy penises, praying to huge statues, and carving large 'members' out of daikons (japanese radishes about a foot and a half long). it was quite a site. now throw in beer, yakitori, and my roommate dressed in a kimono weilding a samurai sword, and you have a real party. (the bald guy in the photos is my new roommate ben.)
You know what... this is so difficult to explain...
Things I did include:
-watching people bow to three large phalusus- They started at the smallest, a stone one about a foot tall. then they moved to the larger one, a large black stone about three feet tall. at each stone they bowed, chanted, and placed flowers on the... thing. finally they moved to the large pink organ. This was by far the biggest, but it wasnt made out of stone, it was a hard foam.
-watched my roommate and a few friends dress up in kimonos, a carry swords. tell me this... why would you give swords to seven foreigners drinking beer? dont worry, no one was hurt, but i think that one of the riding phalusus was circumsized... again. ouch.
-marched through the street with all three of the previously mentioned reproductive organs, chanting 'big penis... big penis... big penis...'
what a day!
i 'recommend to you' experiencing it all for yourself. enjoy the photos!
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