Numazu Hie Shrine: Year-End Purification Ritual & New Year Service (Hatsumode)

About this event

Numazu Hie Shrine will host the Shiwasu no Oharaeshiki and Saitansai (Hatsumode) to conclude the year and celebrate the beginning of the new year. On December 31, the Shiwasu no Oharaeshiki Shinto ritual is conducted to purify the sins and impurities of the past year and welcome the new year with a pure heart. Then on New Year's Day, January 1, the Saitansai ritual is held to give thanks for the safety of the past year and to pray that the new year brings health and peace to families and the local community. As the new year begins, the shrine grounds become lively with many visitors coming for Hatsumode (first shrine visit of the new year). Amulets, ema votive tablets, and omikuji fortunes are prepared so visitors can pray with their new year wishes. Why not spend the year-end and new year start at Sanno-san, affectionately loved by locals in Numazu?

Venue

Numazu Hie Shrine

7-24 Tairamachi, Numazu, Shizuoka 410-0036