Kanamara Matsuri

Kanamara Matsuri is a festival in Japan which is held every year, which is English means "Festival of the Steel Phallus." Yes let your imagination go because this is actually for dirty minds.

The Kanamara Matsuri is centered around a local penis-venerating shrine once popular among prostitutes who wished to pray for protection against sexually transmitted diseases. In current times this is just a big penis festival of fun, here are some pictures of the parade, rides, and food: