While we Japanese are not generally a strictly
religious people, willing to incorporate customs
and celebrations from various religions into our
daily lives, it’s also a fact that you can find
many shrines dedicated to a diverse range of
deities across the country. But we have to say
this particular shrine, which one of our reporter
visited recently, is most definitely not your
average place of worship. Why?
And no, it’s not a joke; everything about this
shrine is quite serious, and our reporter tells us
all about it below.
The shrine our reporter visited is the Yuge
Shrine, located in on the
southern island of Kyushu. Once you arrive at
the shrine, you first need to purify yourself
before you can properly pay your respects to
the penis god. In Japanese shrines, there is
usually a washing area called a cho-zuba (手
水場) where you’ll find a water basin within a
small pavillion-shaped structure. There,
worshipers are expected to collect a scoop of
water using the dedicated ladle and wash your
hands and mouth with the water as a ceremony
to purify yourself, both body and soul, before
you face the deity of the shrine. You can just
rinse the ladle and return it to where you found
it originally after completing the purification
ceremony.
Once you’ve cleansed yourself, you’re now
ready to pay homage to the shrine deity —
It’s believed
that the act of straddling and moving across
this phallus from the back to front while gently
caressing it will bring you marital bliss and also
endow a man’s penis with extra strength!
Anyone want to give it a try and see if the
saying is true?
And here’s another large wooden
representation of glorious manhood we found in
the shrine. Now, see all the pieces of paper
stuck into the creases in the wood phallus?
Those are fortunes that you can get at
shrines and temples in Japan, messages
written on strips of paper which are supposed
to give you an indication of what kind of luck
the near future should bring for you. Unless the
omikuji predicts exceptionally good luck, it’s
customary to leave the paper at the shrine or
temple by tying it onto the branch of a tree on
the premises, but here at the Yuge Shrine,
visitors apparently simply leave the
omikujipaper
Japanese shrines typically are marked by a
gate at the entrance. This distinctly shaped
gate is said to serve the purpose of clearly
indicating the boundary between the world
inhabited by us mortals and the realm of the
gods. But at the Yuge Shrine, they also have an
exceptionally small torii gate — built that way
for a reason: If you bend down and pass
through this torii gate,
Just
remember, if you’re going to do this, make sure
you take off your shoes to show respect for the
gods, since you’re entering sacred ground when
you pass through a torii gate.
Japanese shrines also usually sell a variety of
good luck charms called omamori, although the
purpose and design of the charms may differ
depending on the deity that is worshiped. The
Yuge Shrine is no exception, and you can
actually buy charms here in the shape of a
penis, which are supposed to bring luck and
keep away misfortune. And just in case you’re
wondering, yes, these are genuine charms, not
toys. Nothing to protect you like a bit of penis
luck, right?
On first thought, you may be tempted to call the
whole concept behind this place a joke. It’s not
entirely surprising after all, if you find it hard to
take a shrine that glorifies the male genital
organ seriously. But in truth,
for a happy
marriage without (or at least, as little as
possible of) the tribulations of spousal infidelity,
many healthy children and even bountiful
harvests, all in the spirit of honoring fecundity.
These wooden plaques known as are also
something you can find at virtually every
Japanese shrine. The ema plaques are usually
colorfully illustrated on one side and blank on
the other, for visitors to write a wish on. Ema
plaques are sold at shrines
as a way to ask the
shrine deity to grant your most fervent desires.
The name ema, which literally means “picture
horse”, is said to have come from the past
practice of offering an actual horse to the gods
as a gift when praying or making a request, but
because this wasn’t exactly practical,
worshipers in recent times understandably
began to offer wooden plaques with horses
drawn on them instead.
So, that completes our tour of the unusual
penis shrine. We certainly hope you enjoyed it!
Do you now feel like bowing to the great penis
god? And if you’re in the mood for a bit more
action than visiting a shrine, there’s always the
awesome held in early April
each year in Kanagawa Prefecture, where you
can express your reverence for the male
member to your heart’s content. But if a little
quiet penis worship is what you’re looking for,
then the Yuge Shrine is the place for you!
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Phallic worship is nothing new. Only an the uninformed would consider this devil worship. If it were not for the dick we would not be here. Dick I salute you.