A museum devoted to bloodsuckers!
May 11th, 2008Massive swollen testicles, gross out displays and a recreation of an 8.8-meter-long tapeworm are just some of the delights on display at Meguro Parasitological Museum.
Kanamara Matsuri, the Festival of the Iron Penis
April 11th, 2008Kanamara Matsuri, or the Festival of the Iron Penis, has got to be one of my all-time favorite Japanese festivals. The most interesting part of the festival is the trannies who carry the huge pink phallus around on their shoulders while screaming out “dekai mara (huge penis!).” The number of people attending the festival is swelling yearly and it has lost the fun feel it used to have because of the over-crowding. I can understand why people want to go there, though.
Japan’s Greatest Love Hotels: Room 306, Hotel Geihinkan Kawasaki
April 11th, 2008Room 306 at the Hotel Geihinkan in Kawasaki has got to be one of the most bizarre love hotel rooms in the entire country.
Mount Takao Fire Walking Festival
April 11th, 2008Mount Takao Fire Walking Festival is an event I have had an interest in since I moved to Hachioji in 1994, but had never been to until this year, when it occurred on March 10.
1957: LDP reluctantly refuses membership to 100,000 whores
April 5th, 2008Jan. 7
The government, readying for the end of the akasen, opens women’s consultation centers for prostitutes seeking rehabilitation.
