Chinpo Stick and the Virgin Mary
Ah Pink Tentacle. One of Japan’s more interesting blogs. Hot pink on black like a racy 80’s Cyndi Lauper video hacked up by a Harajuku fashion freak. All good. Just having a read of that blog, and saw a couple of posts about Akita. There was once a crying Virgin Mary statue in Akita City. Carved from a Judas tree. Is that ironic or just a coincidence? It stopped crying in 1981. Metallica was formed in 1981. Is there a connection? Just another conspiracy theory… And they say Jesus is buried in Aomori.
And also Kirichimpo: Phallic promotional mascot. I remember kiritanpo was a regional delicacy from Akita, I only tried it once because it normally has chicken stock in it. But I never saw anything like Kirichimpo when I was there.
Nice to see Akita news getting out there.
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