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2023 Shiwasu's Fire Festival "Wish Kushishi"

 2023 Shiwasu Fire Festival

 From 10:00 on December 16th, Tsukiji·The annual "fire-fire-fire-fire ritual" was held in the precincts of Namiki Shrine. "Wish skewers" assembled on the girder are fired up, and flames and smoke are rising on the grounds.           Since its foundation in the Edo period, protection against misfortune·As a symbol of the evil remedy, there is a strong faith in the Great Ceiling Lion, which is the origin of the name of the "Tsukiji Lion Festival" in Reitaisai festival, and there is a peculiar worship Shinto ritual that worshipers receive prayers, write wishes on the "Wish skewers" and celebratewish on the tongue of the large lion.     Shinto priesthood reiterated the address and name of all the contributors to the large lion, praying for wish to come true, and then placed in a dedicated box and kept cleanly at the "bonfire Shinto ritual" held on the third Saturday of December every year.                                  From this day, a kayawa of Shiwasu Grand Exorcism will be set up on the precincts, and a kayawa will be held until the 10th of the New Year, and applicants will be awarded the Iyorai amulet.