# Japan Authorities Hostile to Vagina Kayak **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 17, 2014, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japan-authorities-hostile-to-vagina-kayak/693368 "2014-07-17T15:59:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2014, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japan-authorities-hostile-to-vagina-kayak/693368/61 "2014-07-22T19:54:10Z")
There is a well known correlation in the maritime world between the size of the wessel and the size of the douchebag. Now it finally all makes sense. ---
**Author:** ![somepumpkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7feea3/32.png) [@somepumpkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/somepumpkin)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2016, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japan-authorities-hostile-to-vagina-kayak/693368/62 "2016-05-10T19:14:00Z")
Update on this story:[”Megumi Igarashi “disappointed” that her “concept hasn’t been understood by the judge”](http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/10/asia/japan-artist-vagina-kayak/) > [@](#): > > From the CNN article: > “The court cleared Igarashi of charges of obscenity over her bright yellow kayak, but fined her 400,000 yen (yen ($3,670), for electronically providing data to allow people to print their own.” I wasn’t active in the previous discussion on this. I was just searching for flights on kayak (specifically, googlin’ for kayak) today and this little gem was one of the News “hits”. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2016, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japan-authorities-hostile-to-vagina-kayak/693368/63 "2016-05-11T20:22:49Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > (actually, the hydrodynamics of modern kayaks is such cool science, I can’t see the point) [sub]Since this has floated back up:[/sub] Yeah? Vagina’s work pretty doggone well when wet, too. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2016, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japan-authorities-hostile-to-vagina-kayak/693368/64 "2016-05-12T13:53:55Z")
She’s Japanese - was the kayak horizontal? Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2016, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japan-authorities-hostile-to-vagina-kayak/693368/65 "2016-05-13T17:36:48Z")
> [@somepumpkin](#): > > Update on this story:[”Megumi Igarashi “disappointed” that her “concept hasn’t been understood by the judge”](http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/10/asia/japan-artist-vagina-kayak/) > I wasn’t active in the previous discussion on this. I was just searching for flights on kayak (specifically, googlin’ for kayak) today and this little gem was one of the News “hits”. I saw this, but I’d forgotten about the kayak, since the article I saw focused on her little cute figurines. I think this woman knows exactly what she’s doing, tying the Japanese penchant for all things cute to eroding the prudery laws. Unfortunately, the courts see that too, hence the split verdict. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2016, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japan-authorities-hostile-to-vagina-kayak/693368/66 "2016-05-13T17:51:48Z")
> [@Bricker](#): > > Putting aside the observation that the man in the boat is a woman, I have to say that to my mind, the Japanese authorities are overreacting. I did not see that phrase being used. I presume that emailing the information broke a law, like sending pornography by email, and being as most legal people are, eager to do something legal, the authorities decided to prosecute. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2016, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japan-authorities-hostile-to-vagina-kayak/693368/67 "2016-05-13T18:27:48Z")
Still, quite ironic for a country that has a Phallus Festival. > [@carnivorousplant](#): > > I presume that emailing the information broke a law, like sending pornography by email, and being as most legal people are, eager to do something legal, the authorities decided to prosecute. She probably sent the blueprints without a little censor-bar or pixellation across one end. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2016, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japan-authorities-hostile-to-vagina-kayak/693368/68 "2016-05-13T19:29:23Z")
Not really a vagina, as such, though. More of a vulva. Someone years and years ago composed a classic anthem, _Song of the Vulva Boatmen_. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2016, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japan-authorities-hostile-to-vagina-kayak/693368/69 "2016-05-13T19:31:57Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Not really a vagina, as such, though. More of a vulva. You need to check out down by the keel. ---
**Author:** ![Esox\_Lucius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/848f3c/32.png) [@Esox\_Lucius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esox_Lucius)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2016, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japan-authorities-hostile-to-vagina-kayak/693368/70 "2016-05-14T23:14:38Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > Brings new meaning to the phrase [“little man in the boat.”](http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=little+man+in+the+boat) David Gogo, a Canadian blues guitarist, plays an old, all-metal National guitar from the 1930s. It was engraved with tropical scenes because, he explained, those guitars were originally intended for playing Hawaiian music. He turned the guitar over to show a tropical lagoon scene and said, 'If you look closely, you can see a little man in a boat. Took me years to find it." ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2016, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japan-authorities-hostile-to-vagina-kayak/693368/71 "2016-05-15T13:45:39Z")
> [@JRDelirious](#): > > Still, quite ironic for a country that has a Phallus Festival. > > She probably sent the blueprints without a little censor-bar or pixellation across one end. Seems weird to me, since tentacle porn shows a vagina. It’s the whole point, avoiding the penis so that it can be left uncensored. Maybe she just needed to have some sort of oar going into it? ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2016, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japan-authorities-hostile-to-vagina-kayak/693368/72 "2016-05-15T14:03:52Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > You need to check out down by the keel. Carefully but thoroughly. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2016, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japan-authorities-hostile-to-vagina-kayak/693368/73 "2016-05-15T14:28:44Z")
> [@Count\_Blucher](#): > > Carefully but thoroughly. Carefully indeed! Early in the season I’ve found wasp nests aft. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2016, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japan-authorities-hostile-to-vagina-kayak/693368/74 "2016-05-15T20:13:37Z")
I was thinking of helping the Japanese authorities with this problem. I have an excellent design idea for a torpedo. ---
**Author:** ![MacCat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maccat/32/216_2.png) [@MacCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacCat)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2016, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japan-authorities-hostile-to-vagina-kayak/693368/75 "2016-05-17T03:42:23Z")
[QUOTE=Loach] That’s a big vagina. [/QUOTE] [QUOTE=muldoonthief] That’s a big vagina. [/QUOTE] You didn’t have to say it twice. :mad: I didn’t say it twice… :eek: Haven’t heard that one in a long time, muldoonthief 😃 ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2016, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japan-authorities-hostile-to-vagina-kayak/693368/76 "2016-05-17T06:46:37Z")
I just want to know if she included a bilge pump. ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2016, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japan-authorities-hostile-to-vagina-kayak/693368/77 "2016-06-04T01:28:10Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > I just want to know if she included a bilge pump. Probably went with something absorbent. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japan-authorities-hostile-to-vagina-kayak/693368.md?page=3)