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2019 Tsukiji Shrine new year worshipping

[Sam] January 7, 2019 14:00

P1010031ELS'.jpgDSC08221RSRG.jpg Tsukiji / Namiki Shrine has been popular as the deity of the land even after the relocation of Tsukiji Market to Toyosu.

At midnight on December 31, the new year, this year is also crowded with many new year worshipping customers.

Japanese lantern is illuminated, and in front of main hall, there is a "Chinowa" in a circle of kaya, a sacred tool for clean purification.

After the end of the year's last festival, the New Year's great exorcism ceremony, which will be held from 23:30, access to the precincts will be prohibited until 0:00 on New Year's Day, and when the new year begins, a large number of worshiper, which will be hand-made to the Chinowa, will receive the main hall's namelucky items's first 10 signs.

Every year until 15 days later, it is crowded with many new year worshipping customers.