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Niigata Shrine

Kira Shrine

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雲母神社

Kira Shrine, founded in 1962, offers unique fertility blessings through its phallic statues.

Kira Shrine
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What it is

  • A shrine founded in 1962.
  • It enshrines a phallic statue.
  • Believed to grant blessings for fertility.
  • Konpira Daigongen was invited from Sanuki Province.

What to see

  • A wooden phallic statue enshrined in 1987.
  • Dōsojin made of yin-yang stones.
  • Yin-yang stones resembling male and female genitalia.

Notes written by Japan Gems from facts in Japanese Wikipedia.

Where it is

新潟県岩船郡関川村上関 Open in Google Maps

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