Talk:Hōnensai

Move
I moved this from Penis Day to the actual festival name and I will do a cleanup.--Isotope23 13:25, 2 November 2005 (UTC)

Penis Day Reference
For the last time, "Penis Day" is not an official nickname. SO WHAT if the name appears in an internet article? I have also heard and seen the festival referred to as "The Ball Fest", the "Meat Meet", the "Twosome Tango", and "Long Johnson's Festival"... but do we need to see these innapropriate nicknames appear on a dignified article some people draw legitimate information from? Of course not! Do not splice in the reference again. --Traveler111 09:25, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

Cleanup
I've cleaned up this page a bit. I've been to the festival and found this page linked to my homepage.--Traveler111 13:25, 4 November 2005 (UTC)

Anon keeps asserting that this is "Penis Day". If it is, provide a source. Until then it will be kept deleted. And if anon reverts once more, he will be blocked for violation of WP:3RR ≈ jossi ≈ t &bull; @ 19:30, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

In reading an online article on the subject, it is turists that refer to this celebration as "penis festival". Hardly encyclopedic, IMO. ≈ jossi ≈ t &bull; @ 19:32, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

Quoting the article Grazon linked to: 'Amongst foreigners visiting Aichi Prefecture it is frequently referred to as the "penis shrine", or "Japanese penis festival"'. It is simply incorrect to write that "Hounen Matsuri" translates to "penis festival" in Japanese. Rhobite 20:03, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

Rhobite are you unable to read? I wrote "aka". 132.241.246.111 20:59, 18 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Which incorrectly implies that it literally means "penis festival" in Japanese. Rhobite 23:16, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

"also known as" includes nicknames. 132.241.246.111 23:42, 18 May 2006 (UTC)


 * May I suggest using your brain and perhaps writing it in a clear, valid way? For instance, "to foreigners, it is sometimes called..." Really, it's not that hard to reach an agreement if you can think past your own nose.

I have lived in Japan, attended the festival, and can attest that it is not called the "Penis Festival". It is not an "unnoficial nickname" of the festival. Traveler111 12:41, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

PICTURE
WE NEED A PICTURE FOR THIS ARTICLE! -Northridge20:53, 24 September 2006 (UTC)


 * There was one on the Japanese article for the shrine, so I put it here, too. ··· 日本穣 ? · Talk to Nihonjo e  05:54, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Right, so it's not a penis day... but who can blame him for thinking so when the statue next to the shrine has the shape of an oversized dick? Cyborg 12:38, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

When is it really?
I saw on the German version of this article (and other sources), that the festival happens on the Sunday preceding March 15 - not on March 15 as stated in the current version of this article. I only found non-authoritative sources on the web that I could read and they were not consistent at all ranging from on March 15 to closest Sunday to March 15. 212.51.138.149 (talk) 14:13, 21 March 2020 (UTC)