A Japanese woman who makes art based on her vagina has been charged with obscenity. She was arrested in early December and has been held in detention since then. Megumi Igarashi became a victim of police persecution after displaying a supposedly obscene
work at a Tokyo sex shop and sent 3D data of her genitals to other people. She famously used the 3D data to design a kayak. Ms Igarashi was previously arrested in July, but was later released following a legal appeal and public pressure.
The newspaper Asahi Shimbun reported that she read out in court a prepared statement which said: My works are all meant to induce friendly laughter because they involve cutely decorating sexual organs. The works are
not obscene.
Police also arrested the owner of a Tokyo sex shop for allegedly displaying Ms Igarashi's obscene goods in her shop window from October 2013 until July this year. The woman was later freed after a judge refused to
allow prosecutors to question her further. Authorities however were allowed to continue to detain Ms Igarashi because the judge was concerned that she would destroy evidence or flee , said Asahi Shimbun. On her website, Ms Igarashi,
who has made several items based on her genitals using a silicone mould, said she wanted to make vaginas more casual and pop , much like how penises are regarded as part of pop culture in Japan. Update: Bail
28th December 2014. Thanks to Alan Megumi Igarashi's supporters have said that she's out on bail again. | 
