joewein
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which I just thought was taboo, not a crime.
About time Japan's Finest do something about those half-naked sumo guys too!
In my view, Japanese tradition is very different from current regulations, witness not just sumo and various shrine festivals but also Edo era depictions of workmen in loincloths and nudity in public baths (sento), phallic symbols at certain shrines, etc. With Westernization in Meiji era came a nasty Victorian streak and despite all that talk about Japanese pornography, in many ways Japan is still stuck in the 1950s.