Tagata-Jinja Shrine, gods of fertility, and Mama Kannon Temple (breast temple) in Komaki

Tagata-Jinja Shrine and Mama Kannon Temple are both located in Komaki City, near Nagoya. These two places demonstrate tokens for Japanese ancient beliefs and traditions about family planning ?! They are know as fertility shrine and temple in japan.

Our guide takes you to the fertility shrine from Nagoya Station or hotels in Nagoya. Please contact us from this form. The price of the tour mostly depends on the mode of transport. The fertility shrine tour needs half a day from Nagoya City.

Tagata-Jinja Shrine, gods of fertility

Tagata-Jinja Shrine is the shrine of fertility for both agriculture and human being. Its annual festival held on 15th March is very popular among tourists abroad. On other days, the shrine is relatively calm, and you can walk around and observe every details of its secrets or something to be secrets Those who want to have healthy babies visit this shrine and worship. The history of this shrine can be traced up until about 1500 years ago, but its real origin is unknown. In 10th century, this shrine was listed as a highly ranked shrines throughout Japan.

In this shrine, you can see many symbols of manhood. Though, they are not very real and serious. They are huge and rather funny.

Mama Kannon Temple, breast temple

Compare to Tagata-Jinja Shrine, Mama Kannon Temple is less known to foreigners. While Tagata-Jinja Shrine is for fertility, Mama Kannon is for breasts and child care. Mama Kannon's "mama" does not mean mother in English. It's just a coincidence and mama probably is the name of this place. Many women visit this temple and pray for a cure for breast cancer, having larger breasts or abundance of milk for their babies.

There are many breasts in this Temple. Many offerings are also hand-made breasts brought by female worshipers.