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Japan’s most terrifying ghouls, monsters and demons come out to frighten the public on a street believed to border the spirit world.
Festival-goers sustain injuries, suffer broken bones at one of the most dangerous festivals in Japan.
We join the festivities at Suga Shrine, made famous as one of the real-life locations from the hit anime film Your Name.
Special penis shrine books will even be available for the first time this year.
The west Tokyo neighborhood’s take on the centuries-old event is like bad medicine, and bad medicine is what I need.
The crazy big-budget commercial stars some of Japan’s most well-known musicians on flame-spewing monster floats.
Towering snow sculptures pay homage to Final Fantasy and Osamu Tezuka’s beloved anime characters.
It’s all in the name of Japanese culture and tradition.
We bring you the itinerary for the popular Japanese penis festival so you don’t come too early and have to pull out.
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