Harvest Festival豊年祭
Harvest Festival, also known as Hōnensai, is a Shinto fertility festival celebrated in Japan on March 15. It takes place in the town of Komaki, near Nagoya, and features Shinto priests playing instruments, a parade of participants in ceremonial garb, unlimited sake, and a large wooden phallus called the Youbutsu or ō-owase-gata. The festival includes the carrying of the Youbutsu, a 280 kg wooden phallus, from the Shinmei Sha shrine in Komaki to the Tagata Jinja shrine in the same town. The festival starts with celebrations and sales of food and souvenirs at Tagata Jinja, and includes a procession led by Shinto priests, the spinning of the phallus in its mikoshi at the shrine, and a shower of rice cakes on the crowd.
Highlights
Rice Cakes Shower
Parade featuring a large wooden phallus
All you can drink sake
Opening Hours
~10:00 - 16:30
Venue
- Tagata Shrine ⎯ 田縣神社
Address
152 Tagata-cho, Komaki-shi, Aichi-ken
Getting There
- 5 minutes walk from Tagata Jinja-mae Station (田県神社前駅)
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