Tagata Shrine (田縣神社) is a small shrine located in
Komaki
is a city located in Aichi Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 148,872 in 68,174 households, and a population density of . The total area of the city was . Komaki is commonly associated with the former Komaki Airport, whic ...
City,
Aichi Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshū. Aichi Prefecture has a population of 7,552,873 () and a geographic area of with a population density of . Aichi Prefecture borders Mie Prefecture to the west, Gifu Prefectur ...
, Japan, near
Nagoya Airfield.
Tagata Shrine is famous for its Harvest Festival
Hōnensai, a fertility festival that some foreign tourists have dubbed "penis festival", which is held annually on March 15.
The festival has received large amounts of attention.
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It is near
Ōagata Shrine which has a similar yonic festival the Sunday before this festival.
History
The exact year of foundation for Tagata Shrine is unknown, but it is believed to be over 1500 years old. It is known for combining beliefs related to fertility and agriculture.
It is listed as a
Myojin Taisha
The is a Japanese book about laws and customs. The major part of the writing was completed in 927. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005)"''Engi-shiki''"in ''Japan Encyclopedia'', p. 178.
History
In 905, Emperor Daigo ordered the compilation of th ...
in the
Engishiki Jinmyocho
The is a Japanese book about laws and customs. The major part of the writing was completed in 927. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005)"''Engi-shiki''"in ''Japan Encyclopedia'', p. 178.
History
In 905, Emperor Daigo ordered the compilation of the ...
.
Harvest festival
is a
fertility festival celebrated every year on March 15 at the shrine.
''Hōnen'' means ''prosperous year'' in Japanese, implying a rich harvest, while a ''
matsuri'' is a festival. The Hōnen festival and ceremony celebrate the blessings of a bountiful harvest and all manner of prosperity and fertility.
The venerated Shinto deities are Mitoshi (御歳神, Mitoshi-no-kami) and female deity Tamahime (玉姫命, Tamahime-no-mikoto). Mitoshi is the son of the Shinto male deity
Toshigami (年神) or known by local as Ōtoshi (大歳神, Ōtoshi-no-kami) and grandson of the Shinto deity
Susanoo
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. Tamahime is a princess and the daughter of Ō'arata (大荒田命, Ō'arata-no-Mikoto), the matriarch of
''Owari'' clan (尾張氏) of her husband (健稲種命, Take'inadane-no-mikoto) who were blessed with two sons and four daughters. After her husband's death, she returned to his hometown Arata (situated close to Komaki), encouraged to cultivate with the help of her father Ō'arata, honor and achieved his achievements.
In
Inuyama City, there is another festival Sunday before at
Ōagata Shrine (大縣神社). This festival includes floats shaped like a
vulva, which complement the phallic-shaped mikoshi used in the festival.
Gallery
File:Tagata_Shrine_Festival_20090315_(田縣神社の豊年祭)_-_panoramio.jpg, alt=鳥居, torii
File:Tagata_jinja_okumiya_2020-12_ac_(1).jpg, alt=奥宮, Okumiya
File:Tagata_Shrine_4.JPG, alt=願掛け, wish
File:Ensured_Phallus_object,_Tagata_Shrine_2.jpg, alt=珍宝窟, treasure cave
File:Ensured_Phallus_object,_Tagata_Shrine_1.jpg, alt=神体, object of worship
File:Phallus_stone_pole,_Tagata_Shrine.jpg, alt=石柱, stone pillar
File:Phallus_cake,_Hōnen_Matsuri_(Tagata_Shrine)_2.jpg, alt=珍呆参, pastry
File:Hōnen_Matsuri_2.JPG, alt=豊年祭, harvest festival
File:Hōnen_Matsuri_6.JPG, alt=豊年祭, harvest festival
Access
* About 5 minutes on foot (about 200m) from
Tagata-jinja-mae Station on the Meitetsu Komaki Line .
simple:Tagata Shrine
Related pages
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Ōagata Shrine
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Kanamara Matsuri
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Phallic processions
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Tagata-jinja-mae Station
References
External links
English websites
田縣神社トップページ│Tagata jinja New Site(Japanese; official homepage of Tagata-Jinja)
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Phallus photos and bits of info
Japanese websites
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小牧市
Coordinates on Wikidata
Shinto shrines in Aichi Prefecture
Gō-sha
Myōjin Taisha
Festivals in Japan
Festivals in Aichi Prefecture
March observances
Sex festivals
Sexuality in Shinto
Komaki
Owari clan
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