Kanamara Matsuri
shinto kanamara matsuri かなまら祭り festival steel phallus annual japanese festival held spring kanayama shrine 金山神社 kanayamajinja kawasaki japan exact date vary main festivity fall first sunday april phallus central theme event reflected illustration candy carved vegetable decoration mikoshi parade shrine part wakamiya hachimangu shrine located near kawasakidaishi station kanamara matsuri centered kanayama shrine god kanayamahiko goddess kanayamahime venerated god blacksmithing metalsmithing metal work also prayed easy childbirth marital harmony protection sexually transmitted infection festival started today become something tourist attraction used raise money hiv research kanamara festival three portable shrine kanamara mikoshi kanayama boat mikoshi elizabeth mikoshi patrolled kanamara mikoshi portable shrine square base roof wooden phallus housed inside oldest three portable shrine kanamara boat mikoshi portable shrine boatshaped base roof inside glowing black iron phallus housed upwards donated hitachi zosen elizabeth mikoshi portable shrine huge pink dildo base roof portable shrine donated crossdressing club 女装クラブ elizabeth kaikan asakusabashi two portable shrine mainly carried local parishioner bearer mainly woman chant kanamara shrine switched displayed wheeled trolley cruising road revived oneway trip daishi park covered white cloth park pushed back shrine hōnen matsuri harvest festival whose main feature include meterlong wooden phallus phallic procession tyrnavos city greece hold annual phallus festival ōkunitama shrine friendship shrine day kanamara matsuri yamasaki shrine festival webpage japanese kanamara matsuri video