East Japan Railway Co. has said “no” to the promotion posters for the festival held at the Kokuski temple saying the posters amounted to sexual harassment.  I agree with the Rail company, what woman wants to see chest hair?  I know I don’t!!!!!  The festival has been held for over 1,000 years where men dance in loincloths and wrestle for charms made of wood. 

One of the rejected posters for the Somin Festival in Oshu, Iwate Prefecture.

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