Japanese Belly Button Festival

posted on July 28th, 2008 by in Entertainment

I am convinced that the Japanese just enjoy being odd.  “The festival is based on a traditional Japanese form of entertainment where revelers paint a face on their torsos and stomachs and pretend it is a head.  A kimono is then wrapped around the waist and the person’s real head is hidden by a large cloth hat. The belly button is traditionally painted into a mouth.”

Got to love the interview with a guy from California who speaks in 3rd person.

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0 Responses to “Japanese Belly Button Festival”

  1. Anna Wilinski says:
    July 29, 2008 at 2:57 pm

    I think we should have one of these in my great city of Kalamazoo!

  2. alexandriaclement says:
    July 29, 2008 at 8:36 pm

    That’s clever. Quite original. What next? A festival for the big toe?

    Although, I must admit, it sounds like fun. Not sure if I could handle all the Japanese taking it so seriously, I’d probably be laughing.