Honen Festival (Tagata Jinja Shrine)

A strange festival involving the dedication of a giant symbol of manhood made of Japanese cypress.

Sun (men) square Vesta (shrine). Eros (reproductive organs) sextile Varda (blessings, bestower of blessings). Nessus (prosperity ceremonies) quincunx Elatus (ceremonial magic).

The festival is held every March 15, and in it a phallus, newly carved every year from Japanese cypress and more than 60 cm in diameter and 2 m long, is carried on a portable shrine by parade men of a “unlucky age” and offered to said shrine with prayers for a good harvest, the flourishing of all natural things

and prosperous descendants. The sight of all this has led to the proceedings’ becoming widely known as one of the world’s strangest festivals, and on the day the temple grounds are filled with visitors from Japan and overseas.

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