| DATE | From about 500 AD to present days |
| AUTHOR | Traditional - Japan |
| MEDIA | Cedar wood |
| SIZE | 280 kg (620 pound), 2.5 meter (8 feet)-long |
| LOCATION | Japan - Aichi prefecture - Komaki (near Nagoya) - Tagata Jinja |
| NOTES | The main attraction of Tagata Shrine is "the big one". Every year a new phallus is carved from a single cedar tree trunk. In the middle of winter, a tree is cut down and brought to the shrine for purification. Then a master craftsman using traditional tools and wearing ritually-purified clothing slowly carves the tree trunk to be a giant phallus that will be featured in the parade that year. After that year's Hounen Matsuri is finished, the giant phallus is stored here. It is important to remember that people do not actually worship the giant phallus. It is an offering to the gods and is revered as such. |
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