Article courtesy of GlobalPost.com
Bring on the giant wooden penis. The vagina shrine, too.
By Jonathan Adams
Published: March 16, 2010 16:42 ET
KOMAKI, Japan — It’s springtime in Japan and that means one thing.
Actually, two things. Penis festivals and vagina festivals.
It may sound like a sophomoric gag. But these are folk rites going back at least 1,500 years, into Japan’s agricultural past. They’re held to ensure a good harvest and promote baby-making.
Maybe they should hold more such festivals. Japan has one of the world’s lowest birthrates (1.37 children per woman), which experts blame on stagnant incomes and changing gender relations.
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