Most viewed - Tagata Jinja Shrine 田縣神社 |
This is what you see inside Oku-no-miya Shrine. A giant wooden phallus offering.631 views
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Apparently it can become erect too. (Compare with previous photo.)477 views
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Votice tablets written with people's wishes for love, sex, and babies.374 views
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Oku-no-miya Shrine also has many other phallic objects presented as offerings. There even one which you can touch...325 views
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Best-looking phallic rock.324 views
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Phallic fence posts.309 views
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Tagata Shrine Honden main hall. Komaki, Aichi Pref.284 views
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Phallic souvenirs.279 views
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Tagata Jinja-mae Station on Meitetsu Railways' Komaki Line, a few stops from Inuyama Station. The shrine is a 10 min. walk from the train station.266 views
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Phallic objects263 views
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Note that the phallus is not the object of worship. It is an offering to the god.262 views
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Worst-looking phallic rock. That's stretching the imagination a little too much.262 views
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Female and male rocks.251 views
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Stones and Oku-no-miya Shrine246 views
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Put in money and it will make a "chin" sound. (From the word "chinpo" for penis.)242 views
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Oku-no-miya Shrine. Look carefully and you can see what's inside. 奥宮233 views
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Phallic rock. There are several phallic rocks donated by various people. Apparently they are either natural or carved.232 views
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Votice tablet with illustration of the Honen Festival.222 views
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Place to rub the sacred balls. 珍宝窟218 views
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Rub the two balls.208 views
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Tagata Shrine torii and entrance 田縣神社199 views
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Tagata Shrine Honden main hall which worships shrine worships a deity called Tamahime-no-Mikoto who was a daughter of a powerful local lord from the 5th century.194 views
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Another pair of trees bonded together.182 views
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And another...175 views
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Torii to Oku-no-miya Shrine, next to the Honden main hall.172 views
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Behind the rocks are two trees bonded together.171 views
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Mikuji paper fortunes for love and romance, marriage, and childbirth.163 views
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Tagata Shrine stone marker160 views
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