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Across Japan there are so-called “strange festivals” (kisai) that treat genitals as objects of worship, and an article profiling a female researcher who spent 10 years following these events became a hot topic on 5ch’s News Speed+ board. Posters quickly named specific festivals — Kawasaki’s “Kanamara Matsuri,” the Hōnen Festival at Tagata Shrine in Aichi, and Iwate’s Konsei Festival — with many explaining their origins as traditions praying for fertility and the prosperity of descendants. At the same time, some voiced concerns that the festivals are “out of step with the times” and might “eventually be branded as sexual harassment and disappear,” while others pointed to actual photos to argue that “women seem to enjoy it more than men do.” The thread saw a wide range of views exchanged over the meaning of keeping these festivals alive and how sexuality should be regarded.

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A giant “mikoshi” portable shrine shaped like a male phallus is carried through the streets, and couples hoping for children straddle a phallic sacred object. Some rituals even feature figures representing “Hyottoko” and “Okame” (comic masks symbolizing male and female) coming together.

Across Japan there are unusual festivals that treat genitals as objects of worship. One woman has spent the past 10 years following these so-called “strange festivals.”

Source: news.yahoo.co.jp / Original article here

*This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (News Speed+) thread “[Strange Festival] “The phallus came chasing after me” — the female researcher who spent 10 years following Japan’s nationwide “genital worship” festivals, and why she fell under their spell.”

Talent Wakatsuki Chinatsu reportedly said on the April 29 broadcast of TV Asahi’s “Wakatsuki Chinatsu’s Noisy Psychology Test” that people who don’t use smartphone cases have “zero risk management ability” and that it “makes her question their sanity.” The remark stemmed from a segment asking, “What’s the thing about men’s phone cases that makes you go ‘hmm’?” where “no case” was one of the options and became the flashpoint. In response, 5ch saw a wave of rebuttals grounded in personal experience — from people who’d gone over a decade without a scratch despite skipping a case, to those who said rugged or foldable phones simply don’t need one. The discussion also branched into case functionality, like heat dissipation and how handy flip-style cases are, so it never settled into a simple for-or-against debate.

Wakatsuki Chinatsu slams people who don’t use phone cases: “Zero risk management ability,” “Makes me question their sanity”

Talent Wakatsuki Chinatsu (42) appeared on TV Asahi’s “Wakatsuki Chinatsu’s Noisy Psychology Test” (airing Wednesdays at 2:20 a.m.) on the 29th, where she showed clear distaste for people who don’t use phone cases.

In the psychology test segment, viewers were asked, “Which type of men’s phone case makes you go ‘hmm’?” with four choices given: “brand-name,” “patterned,” “practical,” and “no case.”

Source: news.yahoo.co.jp / Original article here

71AnonymousSep 30, 2026 17:40

What are you even saying, Chinatsu

113AnonymousSep 30, 2026 17:53

Elecom's ZEROSHOCK is just too strong 😎

※This article is compiled from excerpts and a summary of the 5ch (Entertainment/Sports News+) thread “[Entertainment] Wakatsuki Chinatsu slams people who don’t use phone cases: “Zero risk management ability,” “Makes me question their sanity”.”