祭 · Festivals

Saitan-sai (New Year's Day Festival)

歳旦祭

Fushimi Inari Taisha holds rites and festivals through the four seasons, and the Saitan-sai is its New Year rite, held in the main hall to celebrate the New Year and pray for the nation's peace and a safe year. After the rite, the chief priest leads the priests in visiting the shrine's auxiliary shrines, and then a New Year greeting ceremony is held at the shrine office.

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