There Is A Puppet With A Penis On Its Head On A Japanese Children's Show

This really is as terrifying as it sounds.

This is a puppet. It looks a bit like a penis.

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It appears on a Japanese kids' show called Nihongo de Asobo, which means Let's Play in Japanese.

The show teaches children about tradiitonal Japanese culture.

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This puppet features in an episode about "bunraku," which is a traditional form of Japanese puppet theatre.

One viewer tweeted these pictures of it, and got over 4,500 retweets.

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They were tweeted by @xxxenxxx. The pictures have also been posted on 2ch, which is Japan's largest bulletin board.

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H/t Kotaku.