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"path": "/2026/04/09/japanese-manhole-lid-raises-eyebrows-with-fertility-god-symbol-that-looks-like-well-you-know/",
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"culture",
"fertility",
"fertility god",
"Iwate",
"Kanamara",
"Kanamara Daimyojin",
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"textContent": "Festival of the Steel Phallus deity gets a steel lid in a rural city. For all its staid traditions and formal etiquette, Japanese culture can be surprisingly uninhibited in ways that can leave visitors from abroad clutching their pearls. Take, for example, a new manhole lid that’s just been installed in front of Kobunoki Shrine […]",
"title": "Japanese manhole lid raises eyebrows with fertility god symbol that looks like… well, you know"
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