Daikon-ji Good Fortune Dainichi Lucky Daruma Grand Festival

About this event

This festival prays for family safety and good health in the new year, held at Daikon-ji Temple, which is known as a Daruma temple. An "Otakiage memorial service" is held, where gratitude is offered to the daruma received the previous year as they are burned together. Wishes are made on daruma of various sizes whose right eyes have been painted in by the head priest, and an Otakiage memorial service is held at the grand festival one year later. When a wish comes true or one has spent the year safely, the left eye is painted in with a feeling of gratitude and dedicated. The festival prays for one year of family safety, health, and longevity with a new daruma, and items such as "Gokaku Daruma" for passing exams and "Kotobuki Daruma" popular as commemorative gifts for celebrations are also prepared. Open-air stalls will also be set up, bustling with many people.

Venue

Daikon-ji Temple

Daikonji, Chita, Aichi 478-0022