Kanamara Matsuri
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The Shinto Kanamara Matsuri is an annual Japanese festival held each spring at the Kanayama Shrine in Kawasaki, Japan. The exact dates vary: the main festivities fall on the first Sunday in April. The
Kanamara matsuri 2014
Kanayama Shrine
Kanamara mikoshi
Candies shaped like penises and vulvas
Hōnensai
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Harvest Festival is a fertility festival celebrated every year on March 15 in some locations in Aichi Prefecture, Japan. Hōnen means prosperous year in Japanese, implying a rich harvest, while a matsu
Kanamara Matsuri
…At the Kanamara Festival, three portable shrines, "Kanamara Mikoshi," "Kanayama Boat Mikoshi," and "Elizabeth Mikoshi," are patrolled. Hōnen Matsuri (Harvest Festival), whose main features include a 2.5 meter-long wooden phallus Phallic processions…
Hōnensai at Tagata Shrine in Komaki
Hōnensai