Just Noticing: “Observations of a Blogger”
Posted by Michelle Moquin on April 13th, 2014
Good morning!
Please excuse my grammatical errors in yesterday’s top paragraph post. Now…onto today’s write:
“Just noticing…”
Since the crazy ass small dick wonders decided to come out yesterday, I decided today I would post this in their honor:
Crazy Japan’s Penis Festival!
“Each spring, people flock to Kawasaki, Japan, to celebrate Kanamara Matsuri, aka the “Festival of the Steel Phallus.”
Held this year on April 6, the festival is a celebration of the penis and fertility. People parade gigantic phallic-shaped mikoshi (portable Shinto shrines) down the streets during the event, as revelers suck on penis lollipops, buy penis-themed memorabilia and pose with sculptures in the shape of — you guessed it — penises.
Ladies: Have at it. Blog me.
For those of you interested in finding out the origin of this penis festival came about, (a vagina eating penis with teeth – uh huh.) you might want to click over to here or here. Again ladies, have at it.
Oh and girls, in case you’re feeling a little left out, because believe me I was after reading this. I mean what about a “vagina festival” honoring our pussies! Oohh they’ve got one of those too! I’ve read it happens a few days to a week before.
Just noticing…I had a hard time finding info that was recent for the vagina festival. It seems they just don’t promote it as much, and when they do talk about it, the penis festival is always part of the write. And…it was tough finding photo of our beloved vaginas. It seems to be all about the dick, as usual. No surprise though eh?
Here’s the write from World Asia News
Japan’s Celebration of Spring: Penis and Vagina Festivals
Dating back more than 1,500 years, Japan’s rites of spring are deeply rooted in its agricultural past.
As in all the world’s ancient cultures, such observances were believed to promote a successful harvest and produce many babies.
It is ironic that Japan’s Penis and Vagina Festival is an annual event dating back to ancient times and today that nation has one of the world’s lowest birth rates.
The government hopes to ease the financial burden of child-rearing and encourage more children by offering a monthly stipend of $280 per child.
But these annual festivals, which attract many tourists and fill local coffers, offer more encouragement on a visceral level.
There are several penis and vagina festivals held throughout Japan, but the most renowned takes place every March 15th at Komaki City’s Tagata Shrine.
In a desire to offend no one and include everybody, a neighboring village holds a vagina festival, which occurs a few days before.
The Hime-no-miya Grand Vagina Festival is a sacred rite involving prayer, food and celebration. Parents dress up their children, pray for healthy babies, and consume sake along with beer and many snacks.
An afternoon parade consists of 40 men carrying a massive vagina to the Ogata shrine, which is preceded by children bringing a small vagina to that same shrine in the morning.
The penis festival draws more than 100,000 observers and involves a 90-minute procession with teams of men carrying a phallus carved from Japanese cypress that measures 2 X 6.5 feet in length. For the sake of the crowd, they stop to spin the giant penis around, cheering as they make their way strenuously up the path.
“This phallus parade is rooted in an ancient Japanese belief that for the growth and development of all things, the mother, earth, has to be impregnated by the father, heaven,” claims a brochure describing the unusual event.
Vendors have a heyday at this festival, selling penis-and vagina-shaped candies and chocolate-covered bananas. Candles, wood penis sculptures and penis earrings are also very popular.
Rites of spring abound in many cultures, but all are developed as a part of the specific society they represent.
In Japan, sexuality is expressed differently, despite the universal aspects of spring and fertility.
For example, it is illegal in Japan to produce vibrators that are anatomically correct
Thus, they all look like something else.
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Here are the only photos I could find showcasing women’s vaginas:
Have a wonderful Sunday!
Penis out :) I couldn’t resist.
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April 13th, 2014 at 11:07 pm
Interesting…you’d think a VaJay festival would draw more attention from both genders…lol…
April 14th, 2014 at 4:35 am
Loved your topic Michelle, but I can’t seem to get in to say what I want about it.
April 14th, 2014 at 4:41 am
The Japanese need to do what the can to spark some excitement. They have the lowest birth rates in the world.
April 14th, 2014 at 4:44 am
My question is why would a culture that is known for men having a rather small “associate” want to celebrate it? Even the main attraction in the parade is proportionally small. I’d say, and I’m being generous, 2 inches erect.
April 14th, 2014 at 4:46 am
When I first saw this I thought, “no way, Michelle is exaggerating something.”
Then, I saw the photos…
April 14th, 2014 at 4:52 am
Bartel, actually it’s primarily the Americans & Koreans that have been spreading baseless, racist hate propaganda about the Japanese on YT as well as the internet. Can you believe it?!
They are the VERY LAST people who should be bringing up the subject of deficient penis size.
The PSYCHOTIC KOREANS are even posting FAKE DATA for the Andromedical Study to hide the FACT that they finished DEAD LAST in the ANDROMEDICAL STUDY.
That’s why you must GOOGLE the ANDROMEDICAL STUDY for the valid results. – See more at: http://vinayakworld.org/japanese-penis-festival/#sthash.7SUJyOYO.dpuf
April 14th, 2014 at 4:58 am
Who cares what the racist japs do?
April 14th, 2014 at 4:59 am
The Andromedical Study is the ONLY SCIENTIFICALLY BASED STUDY REGARDING INTERNATIONAL COMPARATIVE PENIS SIZE IN EXISTENCE. It’s the ONLY STUDY specifically intended to compare penis size internationally.
The penises were actually measured in the study to attain the averages. Dr. Gomez de Diego, the renown urologist that headed the study, employed a team of PRESTIGIOUS international urologists, including those from Japan, USA, & South Korea, who submitted scientific data from research.
April 14th, 2014 at 5:03 am
Li#3, Japan has like 3/4 of america’s population stuffed into an island the size of california….I don’t think they’re really worried about their ” world’s lowest birthrates”
April 14th, 2014 at 5:06 am
Every 7 April, the lusty cries of “Kanamara, dekkai mara!” (“steel rod, giant dong!”) once again ring through town.
April 14th, 2014 at 5:09 am
What do you expect from men Michelle. Life to them is all about satisfying their dicks.
April 14th, 2014 at 5:12 am
Michelle, this is supposed to be the reason the dick is more prominent.
legend has it that the festival first began when a beautiful young maiden, suffering from a bad case of vagina dentata, accidentally castrated not one but two young men.
Don’t worry, her tragic tale has a happy ending- she was saved by a large iron phallus inserted where it would do the most good, which broke the teeth of the minge monster.
Who knew, dildos cure vagina dentata as well as hysteria. The iron phallus then became an object of reverence and was ceremoniously paraded through the town.
April 14th, 2014 at 5:15 am
I went there last year. It was certainly interesting!
Here’s my report with lots of photos: http://zoomingjapan.com/travel/kanamara-matsuri/.
April 14th, 2014 at 5:18 am
One of the best-known penis festivals is at Komaki City’s Tagata shrine, about 45 minutes outside Nagoya, every March 15. In a neighboring village, a vagina festival is held the Sunday before that. This year, that was the 14th — meaning rare, back-to-back genital worship days.
April 14th, 2014 at 5:19 am
Michelle, At the Hime-no-miya grand vagina festival, parents dress up their kids, pray for healthy babies, and celebrate with sake, beer and snacks galore.
In the morning, children carry a small vagina to the Ogata shrine. Later, some 40 grown men strain under the weight of a massive vagina while carrying it to the shrine in the main parade. They’re followed by two smaller vagina litters.
At the end of the day pink and white mochi (glutinous rice ball treats) are hurled into the crowd.
April 14th, 2014 at 5:22 am
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April 14th, 2014 at 5:25 am
Michelle, this is about a strong Japanese woman Sen (Hime) Sational! – The Sen Hime Festival (千姫まつり) in Mistukaido (Joso City) this Sunday April 13th 11 April, 2014
http://blog.alientimes.org/2014/04/sen-hime-sational-the-sen-hime-festival-千姫まつり-in-mistukaido-joso-city-this-sunday-april-13th/
April 14th, 2014 at 5:35 am
Jason#9, The Japanese Population is actually less than half of the US and is dropping dramatically every year. To your point, however, they are a little tight for space over there in their multi-island nation.
April 14th, 2014 at 5:36 am
Regardless of the space, the issue is the proportion of retired vs. working populations. That is slated to continue to increase greatly over the next few decades.
April 14th, 2014 at 5:39 am
This place was fantastic! I went a little over a year ago, and I have never had more fun. However, we took the combo of trains, and it was rather quick, not to mention, we experience more, going via train, than taking the tour buses.
If you have an opportunity to go, open your closed minds, and take a shot.
April 14th, 2014 at 5:42 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gL5VqXNd2w8#t=38
April 14th, 2014 at 5:45 am
Me, I love that wooden dick at the end. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJXxol8AOks#t=20
April 14th, 2014 at 6:00 am
Michelle, frankly, it is just too cold to have a really good time there. Japan does have it very warm periods, during the festival it was not one of them.
Give me an old fashioned warm parade day in San Francisco.
April 14th, 2014 at 6:05 am
You are so right about there being few mentions of the Vagina in the Japanese festivals this was a picture of the vajay and as you can see, you can’t for the penis.
http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/model-vagina-and-penis-at-the-vagina-festival-in-japan-news-photo/3434804
April 14th, 2014 at 6:11 am
Zen Lill, In WWII they called it VJ Day. Now, it’s called Vajayjay Day.
April 14th, 2014 at 6:11 am
This story made me cockeyed
April 14th, 2014 at 6:11 am
Sushi, anime and now this! Another reason to be turning Japanese!
April 14th, 2014 at 6:12 am
OMG!!! See what happens when you drop TWO atomic bombs on a country (besides getting Godzilla, that is).
April 14th, 2014 at 6:12 am
That guy looks way too happy to be standing at a table full of wood…I mean wooden penises.
April 14th, 2014 at 6:13 am
they seem really healthy minded and celebratory about it, like it is part of nature, which it is… couldnt really see that going down too well stateside though… oh snap no pun intended
April 14th, 2014 at 6:14 am
disagree with the article’s analysis concerning japan’s low birth rate
japan is an island country with limited room for an expanding population — they understand “moderation”
April 14th, 2014 at 6:14 am
Where the fuck are the Vaginas?
April 14th, 2014 at 6:15 am
I love Japanese, they just don’t care, lol.
April 14th, 2014 at 6:15 am
This wouldn’t fly in the US where, in some jurisdictions, public urination is considered a sex crime!
If you’re so convicted you end up on a sexual offender list – talk about getting the shaft!
April 14th, 2014 at 6:16 am
The first time I went to Hawaii to a beach called Hanama Bay, the Japanese men were stripping down to their BVDs to go swimming, but the local Mrs. Grundys were taking them to task.
April 14th, 2014 at 6:17 am
Did you know that specific amounts of friction in your nether region can feel really good?
And if you do it with another person, it’s, like, totally whacked out fun.
Oh and the greatest thing you’ll ever do on this planet starts in that very region.
April 14th, 2014 at 6:17 am
Wonder if they call their vagina’s a yaya or twinkie and their penises a jigger or Johnson like they do in different parts of the US or are they more mature about it.
April 14th, 2014 at 6:18 am
That’s what I call a table full of wood.
April 14th, 2014 at 6:19 am
Paul#36, If it’s behind it isn’t a vajayjay. And that’s where my interest lie.
April 14th, 2014 at 6:20 am
Chloe#37, The Puritan legacy lives on…
April 14th, 2014 at 6:20 am
It’s more like giant penis festival. I won’t say further, other than to say these are the same people who create porn but pixellate the naughty parts.
April 14th, 2014 at 6:21 am
Mine’s bigger than those. Well, no, not really, but I’d like to think so.
I wonder if they celebrate these festivals with specialty breads?
April 14th, 2014 at 6:21 am
and we do biggest watermelons at county fairs.
April 14th, 2014 at 6:22 am
Warning: A Japanese penis manufacturer has recalled 200,000 wooden erections because of potential splintering.
April 14th, 2014 at 6:23 am
Alert Hallmark. We need a new line of greeting cards!
April 14th, 2014 at 6:24 am
March 14th, Vagina Day
March 15th, Penis Day
March 17th, St. Patty’s Day.
Wow, what a week. It’s nice there’s a day of rest before St. Patty’s day
April 14th, 2014 at 6:24 am
Rob#44, Is it related to the carpeting?
April 14th, 2014 at 6:25 am
So what’s all the buzz…….oh wait, that’s the vibrator going off…..
April 14th, 2014 at 6:25 am
Seeing the front page headline for this combined with one on the church scandal I assumed that the Pope had instituted a new program to increase membership.
April 14th, 2014 at 6:25 am
The sacred vagina looks like an english muffin.
Japan is a trip!
April 14th, 2014 at 6:26 am
Woodies are not just for morning any more.
April 14th, 2014 at 6:26 am
Japan is such an interesting mix of modesty and openness. Makes for a very interesting culture. Too bad we don’t embrace both in this country. Our opposite views clash, theirs seem to compliment one another.
April 14th, 2014 at 6:27 am
Looks like lots of fun.
April 14th, 2014 at 6:27 am
In the spirit of globalism, I demand Penis and Vagina Day be a Holiday worldwide!
Marriage licenses should also be suspended for one day, so that we can play with other penises and vaginas with impunity.
Happy Penis and Vagina Day!
April 14th, 2014 at 6:28 am
gives a whole new meaning to the term…..”getting some wood”
April 14th, 2014 at 6:29 am
Ok, alright! So this holiday doesn’t have the Easter Bunny or Santa Claus. I wonder what the symbol of this holiday brings everybody?
April 14th, 2014 at 6:29 am
Ellen#54, That’s exactly what they did in ancient Greece.
April 14th, 2014 at 6:30 am
I love Japan.
April 14th, 2014 at 6:31 am
Michelle, I see why the Vagina and the Penis festivals were held in conjunction. They sort of fit together.
April 14th, 2014 at 6:31 am
Sounds like the Japanese have a whole lot more fun than we do.
April 14th, 2014 at 6:32 am
Sounds like we need some new national holidays.
April 14th, 2014 at 6:32 am
Asian culture is about as degenerate as the western world
April 14th, 2014 at 6:33 am
I love the Japanese people !!
April 14th, 2014 at 6:33 am
I think I’m turning Japanese, I really think so.
April 14th, 2014 at 6:33 am
Nothing says springtime like a penis festival
April 14th, 2014 at 6:34 am
A penis and vagina holiday? Isn’t this an every day thing?
April 14th, 2014 at 6:34 am
Can you imagine (well, just read other posts and you won’t need to imagine) how the rightwingnut talibangelicals would react to something like this here in the US? I guess their heads would explode. Not that there’s anything wrong with that.
And in conclusion. Size matters:
“It’s smaller than last year’s,” one jaded female expat loudly complained, as the phallus approached.
April 14th, 2014 at 6:34 am
Dwight#62, The western world is not solely composed of the United States. And, what is so degenerate about celebrating the penis & the vagina? They have been celebrated in Greek & Roman culture for centuries. Sounds like you’re one of those typical Christian p
April 14th, 2014 at 6:35 am
Just my luck.
I get here a little late and all the good wood jokes are taken.
Well, I suppose I’ll log off and call my Japanese lady friend and see if she wants to tie a yellow ribbon ’round the old oak tree.
April 14th, 2014 at 6:38 am
Zen Lill, I had your opinion, but I realized perhaps they were having as much trouble as the rest of us sans you getting in.
But they started getting in, you knew it would be raining “wood” and such jokes, right?
I mean. In most religions, outside Christianity, sex is accepted as a normal function of life (the “Kama Sutra, comes to mind).
Fertility rituals are nothing new. Except maybe to us.
April 17th, 2014 at 9:54 am
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