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World Heritage Site: Shimogamo Shrine and Kamomioya Shrine
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About prayer

Information on ground-breaking ceremonies, purification ceremonies, and on-site ceremonies

Groundbreaking Ceremony

This festival is held for construction and civil engineering work, and is held to worship the Kamo-no-Okami, as well as the local deities Ubusunokami and Ootokonushi no Kami, and to pray for the safety and smooth completion of the work.

Purification Ceremony, Purification Ceremony

A festival to purify impurities, ward off all disasters, and perform other purification rituals.

Examples: Purification for newly built homes, purification for used homes, purification for demolition and reconstruction, purification for tree cutting, purification for digging wells and filling land, purification for factories and workplaces, purification and cleansing after accidents, etc.

Opening ceremony, opening ceremony

A purification ceremony held when opening a new business, office, store, factory, etc. A festival to pray for the prosperity and safety of the business.

Construction and business safety prayer ceremony

A festival held at construction sites, companies, factories and workplaces to pray for the safety of construction works, businesses and daily operations.

Takushinsai Festival

A festival to pray for the daily health and safety of families at home.

Completion Ceremony

This festival is held to give thanks for the safe completion of construction work and to pray for the safety of buildings and homes in the future.

Kamiageshiki (shrine purification ceremony), Shinto altar purification ceremony

This festival is held to give thanks to the gods and pray for protection from misfortune as well as to return altars and shrines.

others

Groundbreaking ceremony, ridgepole-raising ceremony, funeral ceremony, annual festival, etc.

*We mainly travel to the areas around Shimogamo, Takano, Iwakura, Ohara, and Shizuhara, so please contact us for details.

We can also accommodate requests for festivals where we will be dispatched to serve on a specific date each month or year, so please feel free to contact us.

Main shrine: Kamo Mioya Shrine (Shimogamo Shrine), sub-shrine Kamoha Ni Shrine (Aka no Miya), sub-shrine Mikage Shrine

Concurrently serving shrines: Hataeda Hachiman Shrine, Kino Atago Shrine, Ebumi Shrine, Shizuhara Shrine

How to apply

Please fill in the application form with your desired date and time and necessary information.

Please contact us by phone, fax or bring it to our office.

*We accept applications regardless of whether it is a lucky day, lucky date, or other lucky day of the month.

Phone: 075-781-0010 (9:00am to 5:00pm)

FAX: 075-781-4722

Email: saigi@shimogamo-jinja.or.jp

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