Road to Ooagata (Oagata) Shrine, famous for worshipping a rock shaped like the female sexual organ. It also holds the Honen Matsuri for a good harvest and fertility on the Sunday before March 15. 大県神社The shrine is the female counterpart to Tagata Shrine which worships the phallus in neighboring Komaki. The shrine is also noted for weeping plum blossoms.
Oagata Shrine torii
Honen Matsuri Festival banner depicting Hime-no-miya
Honen Matsuri Festival banner disguising the female organ.
Ooagata Shrine grounds
Himenomiya Shrine 姫之宮
Himenomiya Shrine 姫之宮
Hime-no-miya Shrine 姫之宮
On the right of Himenomiya Shrine, is a narrow, non-descript path going to the rear.
There it is. The female rock. 女性器をかたどった石
「姫石」(陰石)
Oagata Shrine's Female Rock. 女性器をかたどった石
Oagata Shrine's Female Rock. Not a good likeness...「姫石」(陰石)
More female rocks.
Female Rock
Mini torii. Pay money to crawl under the torii (looks like only a child can do it) for good luck.
Daikoku Ebisu Shrine 大黒恵比須神社
Daikoku Ebisu Shrine 大黒恵比須神社
Daikoku Ebisu Shrine 大黒恵比須神社
Votive tablets
Omikuji fortune
Mikoshi portable shrine 神輿
In the rear of Ooagata Jinja Shrine, a Plum Garden on a slope.
Ooagata Jinja Shrine Plum Garden 梅園
Weeping white plum blossoms on a slope. 梅まつり
Weeping white plum blossoms
Weeping white plum blossoms 白梅
Beautiful weeping pink plum blossoms
Weeping pink plum blossoms
View of shrine from plum garden
Plum blossoms bloom in mid-March
View of Komaki from the plum garden.
View of Komaki from the plum garden.
Mochi-nage area.
Entertainment after the Honen Festival
Meitetsu Railway Gakuden Station, nearest to Ooagata Shrine. 楽田駅(がくでん)