Tokyo (CNN) — In near-freezing winter temperatures and wearing nothing but white loincloths, throngs of men wrestle one another in a bid to a claim a talisman during Japan’s Somin-sai festival – more ...
In Japan, amidst the blend of ancient tradition and modern innovation, lies one of the country's most talked-about festivals. The Kanamara Matsuri, or the Festival of the Steel Phallus, is an annual ...
KAWASAKI, Japan (Reuters Life!) - Huge pink and black phalluses were paraded down the streets of this Japanese town in an annual fertility festival, as some 30,000 worshippers asked for blessings and ...