Festival of the Steel Phallus - Kanamara Matsuri in Kawasaki

Events

Submitted by JenniferCPark on Mon, 2008/03/31 - 10:39.

Start: 2008/04/06 - 10:00

End: 2008/04/06 - 18:00

Event Information:

Every year, Kawasaki has the Kanamara Matsuri, the Festival of the Steel Phallus.
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From Metropolis
"Internationally well-known festival focusing on fertility and AIDS, with giant phallic portable shrines paraded through the streets by men in drag. Apr 6, 10am. Free. Wakamiya Hachimangu shrine, Kawasaki. Tel: 044-222-3206. Nearest stn: Kawasaki Daishi or Higashi-Monzen. http://tomuraya.co.jp/wakamiya.htm"
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For more info...
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This site is in Japanese
http://tomuraya.co.jp/wakamiya.htm
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The following are in English but the one in Japanese seems to be more updated and thorough.
http://metropolis.co.jp/tokyotravel/tokyojapantravel/365/tokyojapantrave...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanamara_Matsuri
http://www.2camels.com/kanamara-matsuri-festival.php

Submitted by phill on Sat, 2008/04/05 - 12:29.

i thought stuff like this only existed in dreams
that come from the darkest corners of the mind.

i have to go

Submitted by AmyENieschmidt on Tue, 2008/04/08 - 12:29.

Just wanted to post a smug comment to all those who didn't go - more phallus than you could ever dream of! Bloody brilliant!