Tsukiji Shrine Explained
is a Shinto shrine in Minato-ku, Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan.[1]
Services
Annual Services
- January 1: New Year's Celebration
- Setsubun (in February): Setsubun Festival
- Vernal equinox: Ceremony for the spirits of the deceased of Tsukiji
- Around the Vernal Equinox: Service to comfort the spirits of people who have died working at Nagoya Port
- July 18: Nagoya Port's Summer Festival
- July 30: Chi-no-wakaguri, a Shinto purification ritual involving walking through a large ring of rope
- October 10: Kotohira-gū Festival and Izumo-taisha Festival
- October 23: this shrine's annual festival
- November 23: ceremonial offering by the Emperor of newly harvested rice to the deities
- Akihasan Hongū Akiha Jinja Festival
- December 31: New Year's Eve Festival and Purification Ceremony
Monthly Services
- Every month on the 1st, 15th, and 23rd: a monthly festival
Notes and References
- Web site: 築地神社名古屋港総鎮守 . Tsukiji Shrine Nagoya Port Sōchinshu . 23 November 2010 . Japanese.
