What Is the Kanamara (Iron Penis) Festival?

The Japanese may seem sober at a first glance, but you must know more about their traditions to see a little bit how crazy they can go. If, while traveling to Japan, you stumble upon a crowd carrying a huge ten ft (3 m) pink statue of a penis, calm down: it is the Kanamara (Iron Phallus) Fest... [ read more >> ]