Ancient rice festival has reputation smeared by 'therapeutic' facial cream claims
MSN-Mainichi Daily News, By Marvin Feltcher, December 27, 2005
....For better or worse, words like "geisha" and "hara-kiri" have been joined in the global lexicon by "bukkake," which has adapted a more specific meaning overseas rather that the original Japanese meaning of "to splatter."
And the same adult movie world that spread the word is now getting behind the Oshiroi Festival held every December at the Oyamazumi Shrine in the Fukuoka Prefecture town of Haki....
...Starting with the shrine's chief priest, the men draw out handfuls of the gooey mess from the containers they're carrying and smear it all over the face of all those taking part in the banquet, whether they like it or not, with results closely resembling what the adult video world refers to as a gansha, or facial shot.
Oshiroi is said to have a therapeutic effect on the skin, which has attracted a growing number of young women to the festival in recent years, Cyzo says, adding that it's custom for both men and women to have their mugs daubed....more...
