* march.

[punkybunny]

It's already March. Nuts. In the last week we've had a few days that look like Spring (still a little cold though), slowly Spring is approaching. Can't wait.

I went to the best festival Sunday. Omizu Okuri in Obama, Fukui (yes, the city that loves that it shares a name with Barak Obama --> click). Basically, some priests dressed up in these

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[billzy]

penis festival?

[punkybunny]

yes! i'm so effing excited. I've been wanting to go to this since before I came to Japan. Aw, only in Japan do drunken men carry a huge wooden cock through the streets and ram it into a temple.

http://farstrider.net/Japan/Festivals/HounenMatsuri/

ps - Japanese people don't call it the Penis festival it's a "fertility festival" but c'mon look at all the penises...

[billzy]

Sounds fab! I want to join in!