It's not every day that you're walking down the street under the blossoming cherry trees when you happen to see a giant pink penis coming down the road.

Even the banners for the Kanayama Jinja (Shrine) where the festival is held have penises on them. Also check out the crazy looking guy in the foreground.

This guy looks way too happy to be eating that carved banana.

There were a couple pretty uh ...liberal chicks mounting these wooden phalluses. Too bad I didn't get a good picture of the girl who was going nuts on one just a few seconds earlier.

Why yes, that mikoshi is shaped like a giant pink male organ.

Looks like any normal little mini-shrine thing you would see at a Japanese temple, until you realize there is also an iron penis attached to it.

There really is no expression good enough to capture how you feel when you walk around the Kawasaki Penis Festival. It's kind of like "what in the world is going on and why is there a giant penis behind me?"

You'd look pissed too if you had to play the flute or beat the drums at a penis festival.

Yes that is a black penis statue. And notice the white girl in the background eating a penis-shaped lollipop.

Welcome to Ari's garden.

So many things could be said about this picture. Please add your own caption and let me know if you thought of a really funny or offensive one.

Where else would a group of old men crossdressing have a picnic? Of course they're gonna come and set up camp in the middle of the penis festival grounds.

Sakura blowing in the wind only momentarily distracts from the chaos surrounding you.

This guy shouldn't really exist anywhere, especially not in Japan. And why do they have a US Confederate flag here?

Old women doing the hula dance.

Just a plain shot of the sakura, but I thought it looked pretty sweet.

No, this man is not these childrens' father. He is just some random drunk guy double-fisting beers and dancing to Johnny B. Goode at the penis festival. These kids parents are pretty awesome.

Headed to Ueno that afternoon to do some serious Hanami at the Park.

My camera is terrible at night shots, but it was pretty sweet to see the entire park filled with people and sakura trees all over the place.

Yozakura (cherry blossoms at night) and some lanterns. Pretty.

Thus concludes the day of my first (and last) penis festival, and my first (hopefully not last) hanami experience.