Hōnen Matsuri in Japan
Hōnen Matsuri in Japan is held on March 15. 豊年祭, "Harvest Festival" is a fertility festival celebrated every year on March 15 in Japan. Hōnen means prosperous year in Japanese, implying a rich harvest, while a matsuri is a festival. This event in the second decade of the month March is annual. 
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Japan is a country of festivals. The Japanese have believed that God dwells in everything as said, "eight million gods." Matsuri (Japanese cultural festival) is held to show thanks to God for nature, for life and for growth in a community. It is also an opportunity for Japanese people with severe and hardworking images to explode their energy.
In the ordinary suburb of Komaki, every year a quite extra-ordinary festival takes place: the Honen Matsuri. Colloquially, it's known as the penis festival.
Risque, religious, and a lot of fun. Make sure to have your camera at hand when the two-meter-long wooden phallus comes into view, as it is certainly a sight to behold. Tagata-jinja Shrine is filled with many other phallus-shaped stones and statues, and celebrants at Honen Matsuri line up to rub them, praying for a good harvest and fertility for the coming year.
Similar holidays and events, festivals and interesting facts
White Day in Japan on March 14 (also South Korea, Vietnam, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Malaysia and China on March 14, one month after Valentine's Day - ホワイトデ);
Minion Day in Japan on March 20
Vernal Equinox Day in Japan on March 21 (it’s a public holiday, and a time for traditions and an appreciation of the world at large);
Broadcasting Day in Japan on March 22 (On March 22, 1925, Japan's first broadcaster took to the airwaves.);
Sakura Blossom Holiday in Japan on March 27 (Usually, the blooms burst into colour between March and early April);
Commemoration of Sen no Rikyū on March 28 (Schools of Japanese tea ceremony);
Miyako Odori in Japan on April 1 (The Miyako Odori or 都をどり is one of Japan's best Geisha events. It features a large number of Maiko and several Geiko from the Gion district of Kyoto)