Category: Traditional Japan

Posted by Ed | Last updated Feb 26, 2018 | Festivals, Sex, Tokyo and the Kanto Region, Traditional Japan | 11 |

Edo-Period Recycling

Posted by Ed | Last updated Sep 8, 2017 | Japan Blogs and Websites, Other, Traditional Japan | 11 |

Ten Quirky Objects

Posted by Ed | Last updated Feb 22, 2019 | Other, Technology, Traditional Japan | 7 |

Tanuki Statues

Posted by Ed | Last updated Feb 28, 2018 | Animals, Dolls and Sculpture, Traditional Japan | 6 |

Kanamara Penis Festival Reminder

by Ed | Last updated Feb 26, 2018 | Festivals, Sex, Tokyo and the Kanto Region, Traditional Japan | 11 |

This is just a reminder that Japan’s most bizarre, hilarious festival is coming up soon....

Cute Buddhas

by Ed | Last updated Feb 16, 2018 | Dolls and Sculpture, Osaka, Kyoto, and the Kansai Region, Traditional Japan, Travel Destinations | 0 |

During Golden Week this year, I went back to what I consider to be the best temple in all of...

Traditional Japanese Farmhouse

by Ed | Last updated Feb 16, 2018 | Architecture and interiors, Osaka, Kyoto, and the Kansai Region, Traditional Japan, Travel Destinations | 0 |

Gassho-zukuri farmhouse in the wonderful “Open-Air Museum of Old Japanese Houses” in...

Japanese Inn

by Ed | Last updated Feb 11, 2018 | Architecture and interiors, Osaka, Kyoto, and the Kansai Region, Traditional Japan, Travel Destinations | 2 |

Old Japanese inn in the Arashiyama district of Kyoto. The stickers are called Senja fuda, which...

Sacred Penises

by Ed | Last updated Feb 9, 2018 | Osaka, Kyoto, and the Kansai Region, Sex, Traditional Japan | 1 |

Sacred penises at the Awashima jinja in Wakayama. This shrine attracts many female visitors who...

Great Buddha of Kamakura

by Ed | Last updated Dec 19, 2017 | Dolls and Sculpture, Tokyo and the Kanto Region, Traditional Japan, Travel Destinations | 0 |

The Great Buddha of Kamakura. _

Artist at Work

by Ed | Last updated Nov 21, 2017 | Tokyo and the Kanto Region, Traditional Japan | 0 |

Artist at work painting Gokoku-ji temple near Tokyo’s Ikebukuro district._

Sumo Wrestler

by Ed | Last updated Nov 21, 2017 | Jobs, Street Scenes, Tokyo and the Kanto Region, Traditional Japan | 0 |

Sumo wrestler outside the Kokugikan sumo stadium in Ryogoku, Tokyo. _

Rakan Butsuzo

by Ed | Last updated Nov 14, 2017 | Osaka, Kyoto, and the Kansai Region, Traditional Japan, Travel Destinations | 2 |

Some Buddhist statues are serenely beautiful. Others are terrifyingly ferocious. But every once in...

Shinjuku Mikoshi Festival

by Ed | Last updated Nov 14, 2017 | Festivals, Tokyo and the Kanto Region, Traditional Japan | 0 |

Shinjuku Mikoshi Festival. _

Hamamatsu Kite Festival

by Ed | Last updated Nov 14, 2017 | Festivals, Traditional Japan | 2 |

Giant kite at the Hamamatsu Kite Festival in Shizuoka Prefecture. The festival features giant...

Penis Riders at Kanamara Matsuri

by Ed | Last updated Feb 26, 2018 | Festivals, Sex, Tokyo and the Kanto Region, Traditional Japan, Travel Destinations | 0 |

Women on a giant phallus at the Kanamara fertility festival. This is Japan’s best festival,...

Category: Traditional Japan

36 Views of the Ushiku Daibutsu

Shibamata, One of Tokyo’s Most Underrated To...

Kanamara Penis Festival Reminder

Edo-Period Recycling

Ten Quirky Objects

Tanuki Statues

Kanamara Penis Festival Reminder

Cute Buddhas

Traditional Japanese Farmhouse

Japanese Inn

Sacred Penises

Great Buddha of Kamakura

Artist at Work

Sumo Wrestler

Rakan Butsuzo

Shinjuku Mikoshi Festival

Hamamatsu Kite Festival

Penis Riders at Kanamara Matsuri

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