4/6/2006: Japan's Kanamara Matsuri (Festival of the Steel Phallus) (May be NSFW)

[barefoot serpent]

I think I'm having daikon envy.

[Promenea]

So the question of the day is why are all those representations circumcised when that wasn't the cultural practice in Japan until recently?

[xoxoxoBruce]

They weren't carved until recently.

[richlevy]

Originally Posted by Promenea

So the question of the day is why are all those representations circumcised when that wasn't the cultural practice in Japan until recently?

Maybe they found a moyel.

[mitheral]

Originally Posted by Promenea

So the question of the day is why are all those representations circumcised when that wasn't the cultural practice in Japan until recently?

The ridee and the red one don't look circ'd to me, more like the foreskin has been pulled back.

[Sundae]

I like the fact that it's not just "touch the woody penis" but "please touch the woody penis" also, I think I have heard that before too.

Originally Posted by Promenea

So the question of the day is why are all those representations circumcised when that wasn't the cultural practice in Japan until recently?

Agree with Mitheral - I don't think they're necessarily circumcised, just aroused. Also, I don't think they're aiming for that level of detail - I see no throbbing veins either...