Video. Revellers parade giant phalluses at Japan’s fertility festival

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Revellers parade giant phalluses at Japan’s fertility festival Copy/paste the link below: Copy Copy/paste the article video embed link below: Copy Updated: 06/04/2026 - 11:01 GMT+2 Crowds pack Kawasaki for Kanamara Matsuri, Japan’s colourful fertility festival using phallic shrines to celebrate life and challenge sex taboos. … More In Kawasaki, near Tokyo, crowds packed the streets on Sunday for Japan’s annual fertility festival, Kanamara Matsuri. Today, a steel sculpture stands at Kanayama Shrine, dedicated to fertility, childbirth and protection from infections. Despite a declining birth rate, the festival’s joyful tone and diversity offer a gentle message: openness and humour can foster connection more effectively than stigma. fertility Festival parade Japan Top stories Now playing Next Revellers parade giant phalluses at Japan’s fertility festival Now playing Next In Portugal, bikers join Father Avelino for Easter blessing Now playing Next Researchers unveil user-friendly robotic arm in Mexico Now playing Next Latest news bulletin | April 6th, 2026 – Morning Now playing Next Tehran and Trump trade threats amid renewed ceasefire proposal push Now playing Next More than 70 feared dead after migrant boat capsizes in Mediterranean Now playing Next Pope Leo XIV calls for peace in first Easter blessing as pontiff Now playing Next US and Iran race to find missing downed pilot Now playing Next Pope Leo XIV bares cross for full Good Friday procession Now playing Next Explosives found near gas pipeline to Hungary, Vučić says Now playing Next Energy crisis: 5 countries appeal to EU for windfall tax Now playing Next US pilot rescued as Trump again threatens to hit Iran infrastructure Now playing Next Pro-Orbán actors accuse Meta of interference in Hungarian elections, despite lack of evidence Now playing Next Inside Armenia’s underground wellbeing retreat where asthma patients seek relief Now playing Next ‘Arrogant, resilient, optimistic’: The secret traits for a successful entrepreneur? Now playing Next Latest news bulletin | April 5th, 2026 – Evening More videos

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Crowds pack Kawasaki for Kanamara Matsuri, Japan’s colourful fertility festival using phallic shrines to celebrate life and challenge sex taboos.
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In Kawasaki, near Tokyo, crowds packed the streets on Sunday for Japan’s annual fertility festival, Kanamara Matsuri. Tourists, couples and families gathered to watch parades featuring brightly coloured phallus-shaped shrines, pink sweets and lively music.
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The spring event dates back to the Edo period, when legend tells of a demon defeated by an iron phallus forged by a local blacksmith. Today, a steel sculpture stands at Kanayama Shrine, dedicated to fertility, childbirth and protection from infections. Chief priest Hiroyuki Nakamura says the celebration aims to challenge taboos around sex and highlight life’s natural cycles.
Despite a declining birth rate, the festival’s joyful tone and diversity offer a gentle message: openness and humour can foster connection more effectively than stigma.
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- Revellers parade giant phalluses at Japan’s fertility festival Copy/paste the link below: Copy Copy/paste the article video embed link below: Copy Updated: 06/04/2026 - 11:01 GMT+2 Crowds pack Kawasaki for Kanamara Matsuri, Japan’s colourful fertility festival using phallic shrines to celebrate life and challenge sex taboos. … More In Kawasaki, near Tokyo, crowds packed the streets on Sunday for Japan’s annual fertility festival, Kanamara Matsuri.
- Chief priest Hiroyuki Nakamura says the celebration aims to challenge taboos around sex and highlight life’s natural cycles.

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