Never heard of the festival here some quick information:

An American English teacher in Fukuoka Prefecture Japan has been arrested for molesting his students.

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A interesting survey conducted by goo research;
1,071 members of the goo Research monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 51.1% of the sample were female, 19.9% in their teens, 29.5% in their twenties, 30.5% in their thirties, …

There’s a lot of really weird Japanese commercials out there, but this one takes the cake;

What are love hotels? Simple definition:
A love hotel is a type of short-stay hotel found in Japan operated primarily for the purpose of allowing couples privacy to have sexual intercourse