In Japan, there is a shrine dedicated to curing hemorrhoids.
I have never personally dealt with hemorrhoids, but to all my pregnant ladies out there, this is for you. Located at the Kunigami Shrine in Togichi Prefecture, the Butt Washing Stone is a shrine dedicated to ailments of the butt. As you may or may not know, the Japanese people love their festivals, and in the Shintoism religion one of the aspects of their dogma is to amuse the gods. At the Kunigami shrine there are over a hundred thousand Shinto shrines, but this egg shaped Butt Washing Stone is the only one that deals with the butt-hole.
Traditionally, you are supposed to “wash” your backside at the shrine by bowing to it backwards while chanting, then eat an egg offering. If you have hemorrhoids, they will go away. If you don’t, you will never get them. The festival has been around for many years, and recently drew over 70 people, which I guess is a good number for an event dedicated to poop shutes.
READ MORE: Ten Strange Ways to Induce Labor Naturally
So the next time you are making a midnight Preparation-H run to the store after a night of debauchery, you might consider hopping on a flight to Japan, instead. Sure, a trip across the world would be more expensive, but how many people can say they have had their butt cleansed by a Japanese shrine?
