Tagata Shrine (ç°縣ç¥Â社) is a small shrine located in Komaki City, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, near Nagoya Airfield.
Tagata Shrine is famous for its Harvest Festival HÃ Ânensai, 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.
It is near à Âagata Shrine which has a similar yonic festival the Sunday before this festival.
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 in the Engishiki Jinmyocho.
is a fertility festival celebrated every year on March 15 at the shrine. HÃ Ânen means prosperous year in Japanese, implying a rich harvest, while a matsuri is a festival. The HÃ Ânen festival and ceremony celebrate the blessings of a bountiful harvest and all manner of prosperity and fertility.
The venerated Shinto deities are Mitoshi (御æ³ç¥Â, Mitoshi-no-kami) and female deity Tamahime (çÂÂ姫å½, Tamahime-no-mikoto). Mitoshi is the son of the Shinto male deity Toshigami (å¹´ç¥Â) or known by local as à Âtoshi (大æ³ç¥Â, à Âtoshi-no-kami) and grandson of the Shinto deity Susanoo. Tamahime is a princess and the daughter of à Â'arata (大èÂÂç°å½, à Â'arata-no-Mikoto), the matriarch of Owari clan (尾張æ°Â) of her husband (å¥稲種å½, 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 à Â'arata, honor and achieved his achievements.
In Inuyama City, there is another festival Sunday before at à Âagata Shrine (大縣ç¥Â社). This festival includes floats shaped like a vulva, which complement the phallic-shaped mikoshi used in the festival.