Today, I've added the "No Comment" category to the blog. Before today, miscellany not falling neatly within the other categories was likely filed under "Streitmatter-Tran", or me. The problem was, although the topic had stolen my attention, it didn't necessarily have anything to do with me. For example, today's topic.

The Oshiroi Festival, dating back 400 years, is held every December at the Oyamazumi Shrine in the Fukuoka Prefecture town of Haki. 

Inside the containers is rice flour mixed with water to form a sticky, glutinous substance called oshiroi, which is where the festival gets its name. 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, (the magazine) Cyzo says, adding that it's custom for both men and women to have their mugs daubed.

Sources and Information
Mainichi Daily News. Ancient rice festival has reputation smeared...
Asia Pundit. Porn Rice Festival
Information. Oshiroi Festival