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The Shinto is held each spring at the in Kawasaki, Japan. The exact dates vary: the main festivities fall on the first Sunday in April. The penis, as the central theme of the event, is reflected in illustrations, candy, carved vegetables, decorations, and a mikoshi parade.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Dammit, we missed The Festival of the Steel Phallus in Japan this weekend - Cosmopolitan )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=BBC - Travel - Slideshow - Ten events not to miss in April )〕 The Kanamara Matsuri is centred on a local penis-venerating shrine. The legend being that a sharp-toothed demon (vagina dentata) hid inside the vagina of a young woman and castrated two young men on their wedding nights.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Kanamara Matsuri 2014: What You Should Know About Japan's Penis Festival (NSFW PHOTOS) )〕 As a result, the young woman sought help from a blacksmith, who fashioned an iron phallus to break the demon's teeth, which led to the enshrinement of the item.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Metropolis - Japan Travel: Kawasaki - Heads up )〕 This legend in Ainu language was published as "The Island of Women" by Basil Hall Chamberlain〔Chamberlain, B. H. "The Island of Women" ''Aino Folk-Tales'', 1888. pp. vii, 37.〕 The Kanayama Shrine was popular among prostitutes who wished to pray for protection from sexually transmitted infections.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Kanamara Matsuri: When Does Japan's Penis Festival Start? (NSFW PHOTOS) )〕 It is also said the shrine offers divine protections for business prosperity, and for the clan's prosperity; and for easy delivery, marriage, and married-couple harmony. The festival started in 1977.〔(世界も驚くニッポン旅行100: テーマでめぐる!47都道府県ローカル旅 ) PHP研究所, Jul 4, 2013〕 It used to be a small festival, but it has become bigger and bigger.〔 Today, the festival has become something of a tourist attraction and is used to raise money for HIV research.〔http://www.heraldsun.com.au/travel/photos-fn2wzol2-1225975486025?page=4〕 ==Gallery== File:Kanamara-mikoshi2.jpg File:Kanamara-mikoshi3.jpg File:Kanamara-mikoshi1.jpg File:Elizabeth-mikoshi.jpg File:Peniscandy.jpg 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kanamara Matsuri」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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