Nagoshisai Information on Shinto rituals
Nagoshisai
July 1 (Wed) from 8:00 AM
Main shrine ceremony only
Due to the extreme heat, the ritual of passing through the straw ring with all believers will not be held this year.
Please offer your prayers individually and then pass through the straw ring to be purified.
About the Nagoshisai and Kaya no Wakuro Shinto rituals
A long time ago in the gods, Susano Onomikoto asked the brothers of Kotan Shorai and Somin Shorai for accommodation during their journey. Wealthy giants refused to stay in the future, but Somin Shorai was poor but hospitable. After that, Susano Onomikoto visited again and gave the Somin Shorai a ring of kaya, saying that if he wore it and made a ring of kaya, he could avoid disasters. And when the epidemic broke out, the Somin Shorai family fell ill, but the Somin Shorai family, who wore a kaya ring, were saved.
Following this ancient custom, the reeds are considered a sacred plant with the power to remove impurities and purify the mind and body. At the end of June, people breathe on dolls to transfer their bad luck and pass through a ring of reeds to perform a purification ritual, praying for good health and protection from illness during the coming heatwave.
About Nagoshisai doll application
Write your name and age on the right sample doll (Hitogata) by hand, blow on it three times, put it in the application envelope, and apply in advance.
On the day of the festival, the priest holds a doll and goes through the ring of Kaya at the time of the Shinto ritual.
Those who apply for dolls will be given a ring of kaya to hang for one year in each household.
Doll application fee per 1 household: 2,000 yen
June 30 is the application period.
About Nagoshisai heihaku (offerings)
For those who donate 10,000 yen or more in offerings to Nagoshisai this year:
Kyoto Tachikichi Main Store
We will award you one HARIO iced tea pot with filter.
(Diameter 8.4cm, height 30.7cm)
(The total application for the doll is 12,000 yen.)
About application for invitation
Household Kaya no Wa
We will send a Nagoshisai invitation and a doll to those who wish.
If you have difficulty worshiping due to various reasons, we also accept prayers by mail.
Please apply from the invitation application form.
Upon submitting your application through the invitation form, you will receive an invitation letter, five dolls, a return envelope for doll application, and a postal transfer form. (For families of six or more, please indicate the number of people in the remarks section. We will send you dolls for each person. One household is considered a family living together.)
Fill in the dolls with your own handwriting (if you can't do it, you can use a ghostwriter). Breathe in 3 times and put it in a doll application reply envelope with a stamp and send it to our shrine by the day before God.Please remit the doll application fee and offerings by postal transfer.
Visitors will receive a household-sized thatched ring from July 1st.
For those who could not worship, we will send a ring of Kaya about one week after the Shinto ritual.
TEL.075-643-0651