1/1 05:00 am Okera-sai
|
 Prayers for health and happiness. |
１/3 08:00 am Genshi-sai
|
This is a kind of a new year’s festival. |
１/3 01:00 pm
Karuta-hajime-shiki
(Ceremony of the first Karuta play of the new year) |
 Dedication of the Karuta play, a Japanese traditional card game held by the Japanese Karuta House. |
1/7 10:00 pm Wakana-sai
|
Wakana means “young green”. They offer young green to God and pray for happiness. |
1/9 03:00 pm
Ebisu-sha-sai (Yoi Ebisu) |
 The
ship of shichifukujin marches around the Shijo street. |
1/10 03:00 pm
Ebisu-sha-sai
(Hon Ebisu)
|
（9〜10th day）Prayers for prosperity and security of family.
(We present souvenirs in front of
Ebisu-sha
on the 9th and 10th days.) |
1/every second Monday in month 11:00 am
Seijin-sai
(Coming of age festival) |
Celebrating their participation as grown-ups and pray for happiness. |
1/19 10:00 am eki-jinja-sai
|
Prayers to drive out bad luck at eki shrine |
2/2 09:00 am Setsubun-sai
|
Prayers for health and happiness. Ponto-cho(01:00
pm) and Miyagawa-cho(03:00 pm) dedicate dances.
We scatter beans and rice cakes.
|
2/3 09:00 am Setsubun-sai
|
Same as above, Imayo(11:00 am), Gion kobu(01:00
pm), Gion higashi(03:00 pm) dedicate dances.We
scatter beans and rice cakes.
On
both days, we offer happy beans and
Amazake, a sweet drink made from rice
and sake. |
2/11 10:00 am Kigen-sai
|
We pray for the establishment of the country, prosperity of the nation and happiness of people. They dedicate a Seishin-ryu Ginbu dance and serve you with rice cakes. |
3/17 10:00 am Kinen-sai
|
Prayers for luxuriance with music and dance.
|
3/ the vernal equinox day
10:00 am
Shunbun-sai |
Prayers for the coming of spring. |
5/5 10:00 am Tango-sai
|
Prayers for the health and happiness of their children. |
5/ the
beginning of summer Onzo-sai
|
Offering of summer clothes to God. |
5/
the end of May Onda-sai
|
Rice planting performance in the sacred rice field in Tanba-cho |
6/14 07:30 pm〜09:30 pm
Mikagura-hono
(Dedication of Kagura) |
Kagura is sacred dance and music performed on the occasion. |
6/15 10:00 am Rei-sai
|
A large festival held on the day connected with the God. They also dedicate Kagura. |
6/15 03:00 pm Ken-ei hikou-shiki
|
Performance of Ayanokoji-ryu tanka poetry. |
6/
the end of June
Suzu-no-o hono hokoku-sai |
Dedication of the cords of bell. |
6/30 03:00 pm oh-harae-shiki
|
A ceremony for purification of sins. |
| 7/1-31
Gion-matsuri (Gion festival) |
Held between July 1 to 31.
Many events are held
during the festival. The highlights are
Yoi-yama on the 16th and Yamahoko-junko
on the 17th.
Also Hanagasa-junko happens
on the 24th and ends with the Eki-jinja
nagoshi-sai on the 31th.
|
8/7 10:00 am Tanabata-sai
|
An exhibition of children’s drawings. |
9/23 10:00 am Shuubun-sai
|
A festival for the coming of Autumn.
|
9/The eighth lunar month
07:00 pm~09:00 pm
Kangetsu-sai |
 A festival of moon viewing held on Buden. |
10/17 10:00 am kanname-sai-housyuku-
sai
|
The day on which the emperor offered the new grains
to the Gods |
11/1-31 Shichigo-san moude
|
|
11/3 10:00 am Meiji-sai
|
Mourning of and giving thanks to the Meiji emperor. |
11/the beginning of winter Onzo-sai
|
Offering winter clothes to God. |
| 11/3
Bugaku-hono (
Dedication of Bugaku) |
Dance dedication with a big drum and other music.
|
11/23 10:00 am Niname-sai
|
Offering of the first crops and praying for luxuries. |
12/21 Susuharai
|
A ceremony of housecleaning in the shrine. |
12/23 10:00 am Tencho-sai
|
Celebration of the birth of the emperor and prayers for his long-lived life. |
12/28 05:00 am Sanka-shiki
|
The chief priest of the shrine ignites a fire by using
the mallet and the mortar made from the hinoki tree. He then lights
the Okera Tourou (“tourou” means garden lantern). The fire is kept
burning in the main shrine throughout the year. |
12/31 03:00 pm Oharae-shiki
|
A ceremony for the purification of sins. |
12/31 07:00 pm Joya-sai
|
After the festival, the Okera fire is moved to the two
Okera Tourou. People ignite the lantern’s
matchlock with the sacred fire then carry the
lantern back home to ignite a candle before
the home altar. They make zouni (rice cakes
boiled with vegetables on New Year's Day) by
that fire and pray for happiness during the
new year. |
12/31 10:00 pm
Imamiyaebisu-jinja tai hono |
 On every new year’s eve, Imamiyaebisu shrine
offers breams to Yasaka shrine. |
every month / 1・15
Tsukinami-sai |
The monthly festival was attended by the ujiko.
(people
under the protection of the local deity) |
