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Tagata Jinja
Aichi Prefecture · Japan
A mere 30 minutes away from Inuyama, is the little city of Komaki. Komaki is home to the yearly Tagata Jinja Shrine's Honen Festival, one of the rarest festivals in Japan as they carry around huge wooden carved penis and deliver it to this shrine. This shrine is full of phallus symbols, whether of stone or wood and comes in all sizes. It's a small shrine, but worth a visit.
Contents
7 sections · tap a section for its opening lines1Orientation
Welcome to Tagata Jinja, a site that stands as a profound testament to the ancient Shinto reverence for the primal forces of life, regeneration, and agricultural abundance. Located in the heart of Komaki City, just an hour's…
Listen in the app2The Temizuya: Ritual Purification
Before we approach the inner sanctum, we must first engage in the traditional ritual of purification at the Temizuya. This water pavilion, typically found near the entrance of Shinto shrines, is where visitors wash their hands…
Listen in the app3The Haiden: Hall of Petition and Prayer
Standing before the Haiden, or the main hall of worship, we encounter the primary interface between the devotees and the deities of Tagata Jinja. The architecture here is characterized by the use of unpainted Hinoki cypress, a…
Listen in the app4The Okunomiya: The Inner Sanctum of Symbolism
As we move further into the shrine grounds, we reach the Okunomiya, or the Inner Shrine. This is perhaps the most culturally significant and visually striking area of Tagata Jinja, as it houses an extensive collection of phallic…
Listen in the app5The Ema Area: Votive Hopes and Aspirations
To the side of the main path, we find the Ema stands, where hundreds of wooden votive tablets are hung by visitors. In Shinto practice, an Ema is a medium through which one communicates a specific wish or a message of gratitude…
Listen in the app6The Sacred Path: A Walk Through the Grove
Returning toward the entrance, we take a slightly different path that leads us through a small grove of ancient trees. This area highlights the importance of 'Chinju-no-mori'—the sacred forest that protects and sustains a Shinto…
Listen in the app7Closing
As we step back through the stone torii and return to the streets of Komaki, our journey through Tagata Jinja concludes. We have traversed a landscape where the ancient and the modern coexist, where the primal forces of fertility…
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What is Tagata Jinja?
Tagata Jinja is a place in Aichi Prefecture · Japan with 7 story sections on Tellby. You can read the opening of each section on this page; the sound plays in the app.
| Location | Aichi Prefecture · Japan |
|---|---|
| Type | Activity |
| Story sections | 7 |
| Text language | English |
| Coordinates | 35.3156, 136.9412 |
| Last updated |