article_snippet.sent: It’s a sight that draws giggles and curious stares from tourists and other first-timers – an unusual festival where revellers carry gigantic phalluses through the streets of a Japanese city.
article_snippet.sent: But for the residents of Kawasaki, who lug erotic shapes of all different sizes, this odd tradition is not a joke.
article_snippet.sent: Participants carry a gigantic phallus through the streets of Kawasaki, Japan during the Shinto Kanamara Matsuri festival .
article_snippet.sent: The sight of three large phalluses being paraded through neighbourhoods in the city south of Tokyo draws giggles from tourists .
article_snippet.sent: Festivalgoers parade through the streets with three giant phalluses, while spectators lick lollies or snack on sausages or vegetables shaped as male and female genitalia.
article_snippet.sent: They watched as groups of locals carried three heavy phalluses modelled after a mikoshi portable shrine, which is commonly used in Shinto festivals.
article_snippet.sent: Residents of Kawasaki carry phalluses of all different sizes while participating in a tradition that began nearly 40 years ago .
article_snippet.sent: Spectators can buy lollies, sausages and vegetables shaped as male and female genitalia while watching the unusual parade .
article_snippet.sent: The three mikoshi carried through the streets for hours are the Kanamara Boat Mikoshi (tall and black), the Elizabeth Mikoshi (big and pink) and the Kanamara Big Mikoshi (squat and wooden), RocketNews24 reported.
article_snippet.sent: Groups of locals carried three heavy phalluses modelled after a mikoshi portable shrine, which is commonly used in Shinto festivals .