Nakayama Hokekyo-ji Temple Hatsumode

About this event

Information on Hatsumode at Nakayama Hokekyo-ji Temple, the head temple of the Nichiren sect located in Ichikawa City, Chiba Prefecture. The 2027 New Year Prayer Service (Shinshun Kito-e) will be held from January 1 to January 3. Reception hours for the temple halls are normally 9:00 to 15:30 year-round, but specific visiting hours for the 2027 New Year period have not yet been announced. As a reference, during the previous New Year period (2026), visits were allowed from 0:00 to around 16:00 on January 1 only. Additionally, the Shogoku Kishimojin Grand Festival is scheduled for January 8, 18, and 28. Free parking is available for 100 passenger cars, but large and medium-sized buses cannot enter the temple grounds parking lot and require reservations by phone. Train access is a 5-minute walk from Keisei-Nakayama Station or a 10-minute walk from JR Shimosa-Nakayama Station. By car, it is about 15 minutes from the Baraki IC or Keiyo-Ichikawa IC on the Keiyo Road. The Great Ascetic Practice (Dai-Aragyo) runs annually from November 1 to February 10 of the following year, so Hatsumode falls right during this ascetic training period. A five-story pagoda approximately 31 meters high stands on the temple grounds, and Kishimojin is worshipped here as a guardian deity of child-rearing.

Venue

Nakayama Hokekyo-ji Temple

2-10-1 Nakayama, Ichikawa, Chiba 272-0813