Events at Fushimi Inari Taisha

Shrine Ceremony: From 12:00 P.M. in main shrine building Mountaintop Ceremony: From 1:30 P.M. at Gozendani Kitoden prayer building

An archery ceremony that drives away evil and welcomes positive influences.

A purification rite held on the last day of June — also known as the Summer Purification Rite — to purify us of all sins unintentionally committed since New Year’s Day. The impurities are transferred to doll-like figures, which are then released in rivers and the sea to carry the impurities away.

Rice seedlings that were planted in nursery beds in the Minakuchi Hashu-sai on April 12 are now transplanted into the shrine paddies and prayers are offered for a bountiful crop.

The harvested rice is offered up for the Shinjo-sai (November 23) and the remaining rice straw is burned.