About this event
The 'Hoshi Matsuri' (Star Festival) held at Renko-ji Temple in Kaga City, Ishikawa Prefecture, is an ascetic Shinto-Buddhist ritual performed at a Nichiren sect temple. Every year on January 15, Buddhist monks scoop cold water prepared since the previous day with wooden buckets and pour it over their heads wearing only loincloths while chanting sutras. This water asceticism prays for abundant grain harvests and good health. After the water ritual, worshipers take sips of the water remaining in the barrels to pray for family safety. Known as a mid-winter ascetic training (kan-shugyo), this traditional event is an important festival to pray for the community's health, safety, and bumper crops.
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Renko-ji Temple
28-Ko Daishoji Shimoyashikimachi, Kaga, Ishikawa 922-0841
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