07-06-2009, 01:25 PM
Just got this in an email! LOL
[B]How could we have missed it? March 15 was Penis Day in Japan. Here are the photos. The actual festival is called Honen Matsuri.
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[B]Celebrated every March 15 in Komaki, a town about 45 minutes north of Nagoya, Japan, [/B][B]this is the time of year where folks haul out a large wooden penis to give three cheers to fertility and renewal.[/B]
[B]The custom is an old one that is connected to bringing about a good harvest and having babies.[/B]
[B]How could we have missed it? March 15 was Penis Day in Japan. Here are the photos. The actual festival is called Honen Matsuri.
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[B]Celebrated every March 15 in Komaki, a town about 45 minutes north of Nagoya, Japan, [/B][B]this is the time of year where folks haul out a large wooden penis to give three cheers to fertility and renewal.[/B]
[B]The custom is an old one that is connected to bringing about a good harvest and having babies.[/B]
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