Well, this is bizarre even for Japan: A Japanese artist cooked his own genitals and served them to five paying diners in Tokyo to cover the medical costs, in a bizarre act to raise awareness about sexual minorities.
The diners paid 20,000 yen (US$250) apiece for the privilege. “Cannibalism is not illegal in Japan.” Well, that’s good to know. The file photo they tacked on is a bit odd too I think, the Japanese chef preparing food at a cookery school in Paris.
Sounds like a cock-and-ball story to me.
This reminds me of a case in Bangkok 12 years ago. A cleaning lady found a set of genitals wrapped in a bundle in a rubbish bin on the top platform of Siam Skytrain Station. (This was back when they still had rubbish bins on the platforms. Those were all removed in the wake of the New Year’s Eve 2006 bombings across the city, which were connected to the military coup earlier that year.) As far as I know, they never did find the owner. They’d been frozen, as well as surgically removed, not ripped off. Could very possibly have belonged to a sex-change patient, but why they got dumped there is a mystery.
I think the poor cleaning lady is still having to go through therapy. 
Also, see this current thread. (Not in Cafe Society, though.)
Thanks. I tried a Search to see if the story had already broken here, but for some reason I didn’t see it. :smack:
(Oh, and that case in Bangkok was 11 years ago, not 12. It was mid-2001.)
Although nothing surprises me anymore, I have serious doubts about the validity of this story.
The supposed chef said he is asexual. So, we can guess that he has no inclination for reproduction or satisfaction. Wouldn’t that be a pathological symptom?
What kind of doctor would say, “Sure, let’s slice off you penis and scrotum so you can cook them up and serve it to people you don’t know. Sounds like a good idea because it’s art and all.”
Finally, why would another human say, “Hey I heard about this artist that wants to cut off his junk and he’ll let us eat it. This could be fun?” And get his or her significant other to go along?
I’m not saying it’s impossible, since at least one person in Florida used to like chewing on the face of another before police-induced suicide, but what is the motivation?
Art doesn’t really seem a good answer. And I’m well aware of ritual suicide by Japanese artists.