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Can anyone help me find this temple?

A shrine related to phallicism in Yokosuka
http://blog.goo.ne.jp/tivgdtd/d/20070203
淡島神社
Awashima shrine

As far as I see the historical background of Awashima shrine (the one shown on the photo and the description given on the blog), it was originally a goddess to cure the disease particular to women, and later became a symbol of safe delivery (child birth) and match-making.
I cannot find anything related to phallicism... (But I might be missing something.)

There's a shrine famous for phallicism in Kanagawa, but it is located not Yokosuka, but in Kawasaki which is about 30km from Yokosuka...
金山神社 Kanayama shrine
http://pocosmama.babymilk.jp/kodakarajisha/kanagawa-kanayama.htm
 
I picked up the blog just for the photo of the shrine.
窶ーEナスティ窶堙個「ヒ?ー窶督シ窶ケ邃「ツ港ツ」窶堙債渉ャ窶堋ウ窶堋ュ窶堙??堙?窶氾ーナスj窶堙最津??堋ュツ、窶ケ邃「ツ港窶堙ーナ陳ゥ窶ーツコ窶堙ォ窶堋キツ渉ャツ坂?壺?堋「ナスR窶堙俄?堙最?C窶堙戸??窶牢窶堙?スq窶「テウ窶堙ー窶ケFナ?ティ窶堋オ窶堋ス窶儻窶懌?。ツ神ナステ絶?堋ェ窶堋?窶堙ゥツ。窶堋サ窶堙?窶堋サ窶堙?ツ鞘?披?堙個神ナステ絶?堙??堋?窶堙ィツ、窶冕ナスq窶ケテ鳴青ァ窶堋セ窶堙≫?堋スツ。
窶堋イツ神窶佚娯?堙坂??窶佛凪?凖岩?堙ィ窶堙娯?佚・窶堋ォ窶堙遺?冕ツ債ェ窶堙?、窶堋、窶堙ァナステ。窶堋ォツ鞘?板青ォ窶堋ス窶堋ソ窶堋ェ窶堋サ窶堙娯?慊ェ窶堙ー窶堙遺?堙??堙や?堙や?ケF窶堙ゥ窶堙娯?堙??堋?窶堙ゥツ。
http://www.carnavi-labo.net/reading/gyoko/04.html
Awashima shirine used to be an all-female one. A phallus is the divine object there.
 
I think it is Miura's grave?
It was rebuilt?
William Adams - Wikipedia

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