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Kanamara Matsuri Fertility Festival |

KAWASAKI -- Thousands flocked to a small shrine here Sunday to take part in the Kanamara Festival, an event with roots dating back centuries and known for its huge consecrated phallus portable shrine carried mostly by transvestites.
Revelers also watched mostly young women sit atop huge wooden penises made as Shinto totems, each woman sparking a rapid-fire succession of camera flashes from the dozens of mostly middle-aged men armed with digital cameras.
Shinto fertility related items including amulets, prayer tablets and other religious paraphernalia were on sale, as were candies made in the shape of the genitalia of both sexes. Sellers of some candies found it hard to keep up with demand.
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April 3, 2006
Soy Sauce flavor -- Putting the 'scream' into 'we all scream for ice cream' ![]() Used in a wide variety of culinary dishes soy sauce is said to be "the flavor of Japan." Wackier World of Japanese Ice Cream May 31, 2006 | |
Friday, September 7, 2007 at 06:22 EDT
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| Commuters leave Shibuya station late Thursday. |
TOKYO — Typhoon Fitow made landfall near Odawara, Kanagawa Prefecture, just southwest of Tokyo around 2 a.m. Friday, having already killed one person and injured 31 others and disrupted transportation services in Tokyo and surrounding areas. In Nagano Prefecture, a 76-year-old man clearing trees felled by strong winds triggered by the typhoon died Thursday night after he was hit by another tree on the head, the Fire and Disaster Management Agency said.
The man was taken to hospital but was confirmed dead shortly after the accident in the town of Karuizawa in the prefecture, it said.
In addition, at least 31 people were injured in typhoon-related incidents, according to a Kyodo News tally. A 93-year-old woman in Shimada, Shizuoka Prefecture, sustained broken bones in both legs Thursday afternoon after being knocked over by strong winds, police said.
In Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture, six elementary school students were injured by broken glass while staying at a hotel for their school trip.
In Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture, a man cleaning a warehouse roof fell about 5 meters to the ground in the evening and suffered serious injuries, the police said.
In Tokyo, seven people were injured after a glass window broke on a train on Japan Railway's Sobu Line running between Koiwa and Ichikawa in the evening, the railway operator said.
Airlines canceled more than 200 flights chiefly on domestic routes linking Tokyo's Haneda airport and local cities, affecting more than 41,000 people.
At Narita International Airport, serving Tokyo, 16 outgoing and incoming flights had been canceled and five delayed until Friday as of 9 p.m. Six incoming flights were diverted to Kansai International Airport.
Shinkansen bullet trains bound for Tokyo were temporarily halted Thursday evening between Tokyo and Nagoya. The Japan Railway group said its rail services in the Tokyo metropolis including Tokaido and Chuo lines were suspended late in the evening.
Other train services including subway lines were also disrupted in Tokyo.
Highways were also closed in some sections in Tokyo, Yamanashi, Kanagawa and Shizuoka prefectures.
The typhoon is anticipated to make landfall on the coast between Shizuoka and Chiba prefecture in the early hours of Friday and move northeast across Honshu and then toward Hokkaido.
Wind velocity may remain strong in the Tokyo metropolitan region in the early morning of Friday, according to meteorologists.
In Irozaki, Shizuoka Prefecture, a maximum wind velocity of 196.56 kilometers per hour was recorded at 5 p.m. Thursday, a record high in the region in September.
The Japan Meteorological Agency is calling on residents in the areas concerned to remain vigilant for heavy rain, up to 50-70 millimeters per hour in some areas in the Pacific coastal region from the Tokai region to Hokkaido, and violent winds.
In Yugashima, Shizuoka Prefecture, a record 590 mm rainfall was reported in a 24-hour period, which also exceeded the area's average rainfall for the month of September which stands at 354.7 mm.
As of 6 a.m. Friday, the powerful typhoon was moving north-northeast at 20 kph near Shimoda, Shizuoka Prefecture, whipping up winds of 126 kph near its center with an atmospheric pressure of 965 hectopascals, the meteorological agency said.





Following Ca … Koike & Sakata is reverse-difference "Put it all one's life" 17:05
August 30.
Yukan Fuji
Actress and Eiko Koike (26) who had one's name registered on the 29th yesterday, and it is pro wrestler, and it is Wataru Sakata (34) making the association of five years bear fruit.
The marriage was announced from both parties' belonging offices by the fax on the evening of the 29th, and Koike also reported, "It was determined to live by two putting the life, and submitted the marriage report to Meguro Ward Office today". However, it was in Sakata to submit the report actually where the ward office had been visited alone.
Koike participates in the collection of Fuji Television Network system "Mentore G" (9:00PM of Sunday). It is said that it frankly talked about details etc. until marrying as a guest broadcast on September 2.
The one not high is a fact in the point of strength in the evaluation from the professional wrestling fan though Sakata is active by the belonging hustle as a center player of "Hustle army". On the other hand, Koike is appealing for a sense of existence as a semi-starring class by Fuji Television Network system drama "Mountain wall" broadcasting now (10:00PM of Thursday). Additionally, popularity is steady as the habitue of the variety program.
It seems to be able to be said, "Reverse-difference" of the female high rank on
the income side contrary to externals.

This is news very hurt and shock for the man who is alway deams her , holding her in dreaming . dreams with Married woman ,the while she had husband ,
well ! but the married of them can not keep longer , because she is profession a whores .
Eiko Koike: The pro wrestler's Wataru Sakata and marriage| August 22nd, 2007 | |
| 2:10 am | China Airlines paints over name, logo on wreckage of jet at Naha Airport Like the world does not allready now that is was an CHINA AIRLINES PLANE!!! ![]() The China Airlines jet is pictured on Tuesday evening after its name was covered by white paint. ![]() The wreckage of the China Airlines aircraft is pictured on Tuesday with its name intact. NAHA -- China Airlines has painted over its name and logo on the wreckage of a passenger jet that exploded in flames at Naha Airport in Okinawa moments after passengers slid down emergency chutes to escape. The airline painted over the name "China Airlines" on the left-hand side of the aircraft and the company's logo on the plane's tail fin. After the accident, photographs and video footage of the jet continued to appear in news reports, and the company apparently painted over the name and logo to limit further damage to its image. Before painting over the name and logo, the airline sought permission from the Land, Infrastructure and Transport Ministry's Aircraft and Railway Accidents Investigation Commission. Officials granted the request, judging that it would not hinder the investigation into the accident, and the airline painted over the markings following inspections carried out on Tuesday. When questioned over the move, an official from the Taiwan-based airline said, "We followed international procedures. We do not have detailed information." (Mainichi) |
Small islands
Small island
Waterfall in oriaese gorge
http://www.jrbustohoku.co.jp/english.htm
i can recomend it if you are in the nothern part of japan in the summer.
| hi | Jan 17, '07 10:05 AM by Dennis for users mommyjj and dennis0bauer |
| Hello, I see that you no longer in my contactlist, what happened, did Aki do some crazy shit again? i apologize for that, anyway if you do not want to contact me any more i undertand. Happy new year, Your are an angel |
mommyjj wrote on Jan 17 dennis0bauer said Hello,I see that you no longer in my contactlist, what happened, did Aki do some crazy shit again? i apologize for that, anyway if you do not want to contact me any more i undertand. ![]() I didnt know that ur gone, I knotes that you haven't been around alot, i thought you are on vacation or resting since u have been well, lately.. happy new year to you too.. |