Shijonawate Shrine Saitansai New Year Festival

About this event

Saitansai, held annually on January 1 at Shijonawate Shrine, is an important Shinto ritual that celebrates the dawn of the new year. This festival offers prayers for national tranquility and the happiness of the people at the start of the new year. Shijonawate Shrine enshrines Kusunoki Masatsura (Ko-Nanko), a military commander from the Nanboku-cho period, and the ritual is conducted within a solemn atmosphere rooted in its history and traditions. Situated at the foot of Mount Iimori, where visitors can enjoy beautiful scenery throughout the four seasons, this shrine offers a precious opportunity at the start of the new year to offer gratitude to the deities and make new year prayers. Saitansai is a traditional, community-rooted festival for welcoming the start of the new year with a refreshed spirit.

Venue

Shijonawate Shrine

Shijonawate Shrine Kaikan, 2-18-1 Minamino, Shijonawate, Osaka 575-0021